Mumbai: As Chennai Super Kings team owner Gurunath Meiyappan landed in Mumbai for questioning in connection with the raging betting scandal, the Mumbai Police on Friday said for the first time that they would also quiz him about his suspected role in spot-fixing IPL matches. "We suspect Meiyappan gave inside information to arrested actor Vindoo Randhawa who passed on those to the bookies," Mumbai crime branch chief Himanshu Roy said.
Roy said that after questioning Meiyappan "independently", he would also be brought face to face with Vindoo, son of late wrestler-actor Dara Singh, arrested for his alleged association with bookmakers. The Joint Commissioner (crime) said though the CSK honcho was being accompanied by his lawyer, the latter would not be allowed to be present during the proceedings.
Roy said the 35-year-old Meiyappan would be questioned in the light of what Vindoo had said during interrogation and what police had come to know in the course of its probe. Vindoo was claimed to have admitted during his interrogation that he had placed bets on behalf of Meiyappan and even said the CSK owner had lost Rs 1 crore through betting on IPL matches.
Vindoo had also said he himself had won Rs 17 lakh through betting in the ongoing IPL season 6 after losing money in all previous seasons. The Joint Commissioner said Vindoo was quizzed today too and had revealed the names of some more bookies and those involved in betting. Asked if Meiyappan would be arrested
09:29 PM, May 24, 2013
Gurunath Meiyappan will be questioned by the Mumbai Police on the IPL betting and the IPL spot-fixing scandals. ...
08:12 PM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: In tune with India Cements, the owner of the Chennai Super Kings, distancing itself from Gurunath Meiyappan, the Chennai Super Kings' official website seems to have scrubbed all references to the BCCI chief N Srinivasan's son-in-law. The India Cements statement said Gurunath Meiyappan "is neither the Owner, nor CEO/Team Principal of Chennai Super Kings," but numerous pages (now deleted) on chennaisuperkings.com referred to Meiyappan as 'Owner' or 'Team...
07:17 PM, May 24, 2013
Madurai: Facing Mumbai Police summons for questioning in the spot-fixing scandal, Gurunath Meiyappan, CSK team owner and son-in-law of BCCI President N Srinivasan, on Friday left by a chartered aircraft for Mumbai to appear before the police. Meiyappan, who has been named by actor Vindoo Dara Singh as being involved in betting, took the flight a little after 5 pm, the deadline set by Mumbai Police for appearing before them...
06:41 PM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: In another twist to IPL betting scandal, Gurunath Meiyappan, who has been facing the heat after his alleged links with arrested bollywood actor Vindoo Dara Singh came to light, has now been disowned by India Cements the owner of the Chennai Super Kings. India Cements on Friday released a statement stating that Meiyappan "is neither the Owner, nor CEO/Team Principal of Chennai Super Kings". In a written release...
05:32 PM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: The latest scandal in the IPL has hit the BCCI top brass so hard that the state units have now started questioning N Srinivasan's authority and in all likelihood will seek opinion of former BCCI president Shashank Manohar on the latest fiasco. According to top BCCI officials, Manohar's advice on the way forward and his opinion on Srinivasan's "future" as the BCCI supremo will carry a lot of...
05:25 PM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: The Twitter handle bio of Gurunath Meiyappan was updated and the reference to CSK was removed a few minutes after it came to light that he was described as Team Principal Chennai Super Kings. The information was further updated and the link to Chennai Super Kings page was also removed. Chennai Super Kings may be axed from the IPL because Gurunath Meiyappan is the CEO/Team Principal of the...
05:02 PM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: Against the backdrop of allegations of illegal activities in the IPL, there is speculation over the future of the Chennai Super Kings with the BCCI consulting the rule book of the lucrative Twenty20 league which states that a franchise can be terminated if it fails to match certain defined criteria. Sources have told CNN-IBN that the Chennai faces termination if Gurunath Meiyappan, the son-in-law of BCCI president N...
04:53 PM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: Developments in the IPL spot-fixing scandal moved at a frantic pace on Friday, with sources telling CNN-IBN that BCCI chief N Srinivasan may step down if his son-in-law and Chennai Super Kings CEO Gurunath Meiyappan is arrested. Meiyappan has been summoned for questioning by the Mumbai Police after arrested Bollywood actor Vindoo Dara Singh told the police that Meiyappan is involved in betting on IPL matches. The CSK...
03:21 PM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FICCI) has called for legalising sports betting in the country. FCCI, in a statement, said, "Despite several attempts to ban it, betting is continuing albeit in an underground way and substantial resources have been invested into enforcing such a ban." "...middle way out is it should be regulated in a way which reduces this to an acceptable level. Hence, the...
02:51 PM, May 24, 2013
Chennai Super Kings CEO Gurunath Meiyappan left his father-in-law and BCCI chief N Srinivasan's Kodaikanal residence on Friday afternoon. Sources say he will take a flight to Mumbai from the Madurai airport. Sources say Meiyappan consulted his lawyers and has decided to appear for questioning by the Mumbai Police. ...
01:58 PM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: Mumbai Police are unlikely to entertain Chennai Super Kings CEO Gurunath Meiyappan's request for extension of deadline to appear for questioning after his name cropped up during investigation into the IPL spot-fixing case, sources told CNN-IBN. Mumbai Police sources say Meiyappan must honour Friday's 5 pm deadline to appear for questioning. The police had issued summons to Meiyappan on Thursday stating clearly that he must appear for questioning...
11:33 AM, May 24, 2013
Mumbai: Arrested Bollywood actor Vindoo Dara Singh's custody in the IPL betting case ends on Friday and the Mumbai Police is likely to seek an extension of the custody as the probe in the case is on. It is Vindoo Dara Singh's interrogation that led to Chennai Super Kings CEO and BCCI chief N Srinivasan's son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan. According to the police, the call records of Bollywood actor Vindoo Dara...
10:43 AM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: Investigation into the IPL spot-fixing scandal continues to shock the cricketing world with Mumbai Police sources now telling CNN-IBN that Gurunath Meiyappan, son-in-law of the BCCI chief N Srinivasan, has been placing bets on IPL matches since 2011. According to sources, Bollywood actor Vindoo Dara Singh - arrested in the spot-fixing case - has revealed that Meiyappan started with bets of Rs. 10 lakh that went up to...
09:53 AM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: 10.30 pm: Sources say Mumbai Police will likely confront Meiyappan with arrested actor Vindoo Dara Singh. 8.50 pm: Gurunath Meiyappan taken to Mumbai Crime Branch office for questioning. 8.14 pm: Gurunath Meiyappan has been escorted out of Mumbai airport by the police. He will be taken to Crawford Market police station where he will be confronted with Vindoo Dara Singh. 8.00 pm: Meiyappan has not been detained, Mumbai...
09:26 AM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: The widening net in the IPL spot-fixing and betting case continues to grow by the day. Actor Vindoo Dara Singh's interrogation, which first brought the focus on Chennai Super Kings CEO and BCCI chief N Srinavasan's son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan, has now also reached Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf. Gurunath Meiyappan was served summons by the Mumbai Police on Thursday to appear before investigators in Mumbai. Meiyappan though has asked...
07:50 AM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: As the investigations into spot-fixing scandal continue, the man under intense focus is 67-year-old Narayanaswami Srinivasan. Through a stream of controversies over his tenure, Srinivasan's position as BCCI chief has never been under threat until now. So has time finally run out for the BCCI strongman? Srinivasan took over as president of the BCCI from Shashank Manohar in September 2011. As a secretary of the board over the...
08:12 PM, May 23, 2013
New Delhi: As the investigations into spot-fixing scandal continue, the man under intense focus is 67-year-old Narayanaswami Srinivasan. Through a stream of controversies over his tenure, Srinivasan's position as BCCI chief has never been under threat until now. So has time finally run out for the BCCI strongman? Srinivasan took over as president of the BCCI from Shashank Manohar in September 2011. As a secretary of the board over the...
08:12 PM, May 23, 2013
Chennai: The Mumbai Police team on Thursday had to leave Chennai Super Kings CEO Gurunath Meiyappan's residence without questioning him as he was not in Chennai. They handed over the summons to those present at Meiyappan's residence. The police team was, in fact, made to wait outside Meiyappan's residence for quite a few minutes. Gurunath Meiyappan has been asked to appear before the Mumbai Police on Friday for questioning in...
03:57 PM, May 23, 2013
New Delhi: The big betting controversy of the Indian Premier League has reached the Chennai Super Kings with arrested actor Vindoo Dara Singh revealing links with senior people in the franchise. In fact, Vindoo Dara Singh has also been spotted watching IPL matches with CSK captain MS Dhoni's wife Sakshi. Sakshi has taken to Twitter to react to the ongoing betting controversy. In an apparent dig on the recent reports,...
01:35 PM, May 23, 2013
