NEW DELHI, Sept. 16 -- Indian chess bosses have swung into action to contain the damaging fallouts of the sensational corruption charges leveled by Grandmaster Dibyendu Barua, a chess legend in his own right, against the Bengal Chess Association (BCA) secretary, Atanau Lahiri.
The latest reaction of the All India Chess Federation (AICF) in dealing with Lahiri, who has been caught with his hands literarily in the till, shows .the Federation has done a rethink on tacking an alleged offender, who is also one of their own officials. Laihri is a member of the AICF trainer's committee and perceived to be close to the Federation bosses.
Barua had accused Lahiri of routing huge amount of fund received from the state government to his own chess pr...