New Delhi: Delhi Police is expected to produce 11 people, including three players Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan in court in connection with the IPL spot-fixing case. Police are unlikely to seek the players' custody, which means they could be sent to judicial remand.
Meanwhile, police's interrogation of Mumbai businessman Mohammed Yahya has revealed several leads. Yahya reportedly told interrogators that he arranged meeting between several players and fixers in Mumbai hotels.
Police teams have been sent to different destinations to verify his claims.
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10:36 AM, May 26, 2013
New Delhi: Mohammad Yahya alias Yusuf, a bookie arrested in the connection of the spot-fixing scandal, was in touch with several cricketers apart from the three arrested Rajasthan Royals players, the Delhi Police said on Saturday. During the interrogation, Yahya claimed that knew many Indian as well as foreign players and contacted them for spot-fixing, said an officer who did not want to be named. Yahya, 45, was arrested at...
06:59 PM, May 25, 2013
New Delhi: Delhi Police on Saturday ruled out the involvement of owners on Indian Premier League teams so far, saying nobody's name has cropped up yet. "No owner's name has surfaced in our investigation. When they found out that players did not play up to their full potential and that they gave runs away for money, they complained that they've been cheated," Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar said. A total...
03:10 PM, May 25, 2013
New Delhi: Cricketer Sreesanth arrested in connection with the IPL spot-fixing scandal had gifted a smart phone to a second girl and investigators have recovered it, police sources said on Friday. "We have recovered a second mobile phone, a Blackberry Bold, from his female friend. He has gifted this phone to her. He purchased it from Jaipur during one of the matches played by his team there," a senior police...
07:41 PM, May 24, 2013
Hyderabad: An alleged cricket bookie was nabbed from the international airport in Hyderabad by a Delhi Police team in the early hours on Friday. "One person identified as Mohammad Yahya has been picked up from the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) in connection with the cricket betting racket by the Delhi Police team in the wee hours," a senior police official said. Yahya was picked up by police while he...
11:45 AM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: The Delhi Police has made it clear that no foreign player is involved in the Indian Premier League spot-fixing scandal. "No foreign player's name has come up in our investigation," Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar said. He said 12 bookies and three players - S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan - have been arrested so far in the case. The custody of former Ranji player Manish Gudheva...
09:08 AM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: The Mumbai Police on Thursday served a notice to Chennai Super Kings team owner and BCCI chief N Srinivasan's son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan, asking him to appear before it for questioning by 5.00 pm on Friday. The police claimed they needed to probe a substantial number of calls made by arrested Bollywood actor Vindoo Dara Singh to Meiyappan and bookie Ramesh Vyas. All through Thursday, even as dramatic scenes...
10:40 PM, May 23, 2013
New Delhi: The Mumbai Police on Thursday served a notice to Chennai Super Kings team owner and BCCI chief N Srinivasan's son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan, asking him to appear before it for questioning by 5.00 pm on Friday. The police claimed they needed to probe a substantial number of calls made by arrested Bollywood actor Vindoo Dara Singh to Meiyappan and bookie Ramesh Vyas. All through Thursday, even as dramatic scenes...
10:40 PM, May 23, 2013
New Delhi: Ajit Chandila was allegedly paid Rs 12 lakh by a bookie for spot-fixing in last year's IPL but the attempt to manipulate matches failed as the cricketer could not play many matches, Delhi Police sources claimed on Thursday. Interestingly, the sources said, Chandila gave three cheques of Rs 4 lakh each, two of which bounced, after the alleged bookie-cum-fixer Sunil Bhatia insisted on repayment of the money as...
08:19 PM, May 23, 2013
The credibility of the Indian Premier League, the world's richest T20 cricket league, has taken a major hit over the last week and it seems players, bookies and even team management officials are involved. So where does the rot end and is there any way to cleanse the league off this blot? Former cricketer Shishir Hattangadi joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. Q. Future events of IPL...
05:47 PM, May 23, 2013
New Delhi: A couple of more players are under the radar in the IPL spot-fixing scandal and are likely to be questioned next week, say sources. The name of the players, sources say, came up after the interrogation of a group of bookies. The police have also asked for the footage of all the matches played by the Rajasthan Royals from IPL's broadcaster Set Max. The Delhi Police is also...
02:57 PM, May 23, 2013
New Delhi: 9.33 pm: BCCI CAO Ratnakar Shetty said, "We had sought an appointment with Himanshu Roy (Mumbai Joint CP, Crime) to hand over a letter from the BCCI as the Supreme Court has said that the BCCI must complete its enquiry within 15 days. We have requested the Mumbai Police to help in our enquiry. At the same time, we also promised to help in their investigations." 8.58 pm:...
10:57 AM, May 23, 2013
New Delhi: As the Indian Premier League spot-fixing net widens, more shocking details are emerging. Delhi Police chief Neeraj Kumar has confirmed that more teams apart from Rajasthan Royals are being probed. Speaking to CNN-IBN's sister channel IBN7, Neeraj Kumar said the police are working on leads in connection with the involvement of other teams. When asked which teams are under the radar, Neeraj Kumar said, "We don't want to...
07:50 AM, May 23, 2013
In another shocking turn of events, Vindoo Dara Singh, the Bollywood actor arrested on Tuesday in connection with spot-fixing in IPL 6, has admitted to being in touch with a relative of the owner of the Chennai Super Kings franchise, according to sources on Wednesday morning. ...
11:45 PM, May 22, 2013
New Delhi: There is no "straight link" between bookie Ramesh Vyas and actor Vindoo Dara Singh arrested by Mumbai Police in the IPL spot-fixing scandal unearthed by their counterparts in the capital, Delhi Police said on Wednesday. A senior official of Delhi Police's Special Cell said the case of their Mumbai counterparts have nothing to do with theirs in which 18 people, including three IPL players, were arrested. "There are...
08:26 PM, May 22, 2013
New Delhi: In more trouble for the arrested cricketers and bookies in the IPL spot-fixing scandal, the Income Tax department has begun a probe into alleged hawala and illegal cash transactions and will question them. The I-T department has got in touch with the investigators of the Delhi police and initiated "tax evasion and suspected hawala dealings" related probe into the latest allegations of spot-fixing. The department, according to official...
07:29 PM, May 22, 2013
New Delhi: Delhi Police seem to have more proof to nail Ajit Chandila, the Rajasthan Royals player who was arrested recently with his two other team-mates in IPL spot-fixing case, as he was contacted by a Patiala-based bookie Deepak Kumar. Sources told CNN-IBN that Kumar contacted Chandila on April 4 in Chandigarh to spot-fix Rajasthan Royals' May 17th match in Hyderabad. Chandila agreed to spot-fix the match and took an...
05:28 PM, May 22, 2013
New Delhi: Ever since the IPL spot-fixing scandal was busted almost a week ago there has been a competition between the Delhi Police and its Mumbai counterpart to take credit for the same. Delhi Police officials say that they have not sought bookie Ramesh Vyas's remand. Vyas has been arrested by Mumbai Police in connection with the IPL spot-fixing cases. Officials say that there is no need to take Ramesh...
02:14 PM, May 22, 2013
New Delhi: In another shocking turn of events, Vindoo Dara Singh, the Bollywood actor arrested on Tuesday in connection with spot-fixing in IPL 6, has admitted to being in touch with a relative of the owner of the Chennai Super Kings franchise, according to sources on Wednesday morning. Sources in the Mumbai Police said that they were now probing a Chennai link to the scandal that has rocked the world...
08:33 AM, May 22, 2013
New Delhi: 10.11 pm: IPL chief Rajiv Shukla promises stern action against the guilty, saying no one will escape punishment, even if it includes a BCCI official. 6.50 pm: Income Tax department begins probe in IPL spot-fixing case. 6.44 pm: Lalit Modi tweets, "This spot fixing mess - is getting even worse. Srinivasan and family should immediately resign. They should be banned with immediate effect." 6.20 pm: Former betting kingping...
08:17 AM, May 22, 2013
