NEW DELHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board has shot off a letter to the International Cricket Council, urging it to take strong action against the team's security officer during the Champions Trophy for violation of code of conduct.
Anil Kaul, a retired colonel of the Indian Army who was the Chief Protection Officer to the Pakistan team during the biennial event in India, had claimed that speedster Shoaib Akhtar had slapped coach Bob Woolmer in the team bus.
Kaul also said that Akhtar was involved in disciplinary issues during his stay with the team in Jaipur.
The PCB letter asked the ICC to make an inquiry as to why and how Kaul made the allegations.
"Under the ICC Code of Conduct, Kaul is not permitted to speak about team matters in public for three months from the end of the tournament," a PCB official said.
The PCB official also said that the Board had received a communique from the BCCI saying that Kaul was appointed as a security officer by the ICC.
Earlier, the PCB had expressed outrage at Kaul's allegations in his interviews to various television channels last week.
"Kaul has broken all norms of decency with his frivolous allegations. He is obviously seeking cheap publicity because we have confirmed from our manager and coach that no such incident took place," PCB Director of Cricket Operations Saleem Altaf had said three days ago.
The PCB, however, had acknowledged that there were disciplinary issues involving Akhtar during the Champions Trophy and had launched an investigation into the same.
