Former BCCI President Anurag Thakur, who is facing contempt notice for filing a false affidavit in the Supreme Court, today tendered unconditional and unqualified apology before it.<br/><br/>Thakur, who was present in the court, said he had never intended to file any false information before the apex court. He filed an affidavit explaining the circumstances under which the averments made by him led to the initiation of contempt proceedings.<br/><br/>The Apex Court fixed the matter for hearing on April 17 and also exempted him from personal appearance on that day.<br/><br/>The apex court had on January 2 come down heavily on the defiant BCCI brass and removed Anurag Thakur and Ajay Shirke as the President and Secretary for obstructing and impeding its<br/>directions for overhauling governance in the cricket body.<br/><br/>The bench had slapped Thakur with contempt and perjury notices for filing a false affidavit over writing to the ICC on the issue of autonomy.