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
Mumbai: A Mumbai court on Friday extended the police custody of Bollywood actor Vindoo Dara Singh, arrested for alleged links with IPL betting syndicates, till May 28. Mumbai Police's Crime Branch told the court that it planned to 'confront' Vindoo with Team Principal of Chennai Super Kings Gurunath Meiyappan (who has been summoned for questioning) and question him about IPL spot-fixing and betting. The remand plea of the Crime Branch...
07:54 PM, May 24, 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
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
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
Nine Muslim youth, accused for the Malegaon blasts and jailed for five years, were let off a few days back after no evidence was found against them. Is there an institutional bias and prejudice in the police? ...
09:23 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
Mumbai: Mumbai Police arrested Gurunath Meiyappan over allegations of involvement in IPL betting case on late Friday night after three hours of questioning. Meiyappan will be produced in a court within 24 hours. Mumbai Police had earlier said that he was being evasive during questioning. Meiyappan is BCCI chief N Srinivasan's son-in-law. Mumbai Police Joint CP Himanshu Roy said, "We find his involvement in the offence. He will now be...
12:04 AM, May 24, 2013
Ranchi: A policeman has accused Independent MLA Chamra Linda of assaulting him at the Jharkhand Assembly while he was on duty. On the basis of the complaint by the constable Umanath Saha, police filed an FIR with the Jagannathpur police station in Ranchi on Thursday. According to the FIR, Linda on Wednesday night allegedly got infuriated and "beat up" the policeman on duty near the gates when the latter asked...
11:03 PM, May 23, 2013
London is in shock after a British soldier was beheaded by two armed men outside military barracks in Woolwich. ...
11:02 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: 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
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: 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
Kolkata: Nine people, including one bookie, have been arrested by a special team of Kolkata Police from Ultanga area in Kolkata for being allegedly involved in a cricket betting racket. "We have arrested few people, including a bookie last night. We are investigating the case. They will be produced before a court today," DC (DD special) Santosh Pandey said. Initial investigations said they had betted on a match between Mumbai...
12:38 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
