Chandigarh: Brother of actor Vindoo Randhawa, who has been arrested for his alleged links with bookies, on Wednesday claimed that his sibling is not involved in the IPL spot-fixing scandal.
"I can never believe that he is involved in any way. Let investigations take place, Vindoo will come out clean," Amrik Singh told reporters at the airport here before leaving for Mumbai.
Virendra Dara Singh Randhawa alias Vindoo, son of late wrestler-actor Dara Singh, on Tuesday was picked up from his suburban Juhu residence in Mumbai. He was later arrested for his alleged links with the bookies, who were already arrested by the crime branch.
He said many people know Vindoo, winner of reality television show Bigg Boss season 3, as he is a known figure in Mumbai. "Almost whole of Mumbai knows him. But that does not mean there is anything criminal... Moreover, by the grace of God, we have everything and we don't need anything from anyone," Amrik said....
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01:12 PM, May 22, 2013
Mumbai: As the interrogation of arrested actor Vindoo Dara Singh reveals heavy betting in the Indian Premier League, the question is as to how exactly does betting in cricket work. It is much like any other business but for a few fascinating exceptions. The cricket world in a fix over the spot-fixing storm. Along with the stellar success of the IPL, betting too has flourished into a multi-million dollar syndicate,...
09:31 AM, May 22, 2013
New Delhi:2:21 pm: The Madras High Court has admitted a Public Interest Litigation that seeks a government takeover of the BCCI and the IPL administration. The PIL was filed by a lawyer at the Madurai bench of the Madras High Court. He has alleged that the conduct of certain activities and receipt of income were totally commercial and there was no element of charity in the conduct of BCCI. The...
08:17 AM, May 22, 2013
New Delhi: The probe into the Indian Premier League spot-fixing scandal is widening each day. Sources in the Mumbai Police now say that they are probing a Chennai link to the scandal. Sources say several calls made to a Chennai number are being probed. This comes a day after more drama unfolded in the scandal on Tuesday. Bollywood connections were established with actor Vindoo Dara Singh's arrest in Mumbai, while...
07:37 AM, May 22, 2013
New Delhi: Delhi Police claim they have evidence to prove that another attempt was made by Sreesanth to spot-fix an IPL game, sources said. Sreesanth made an attempt to spot-fix a Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab match on May 9, sources added. Sreesanth has admitted to this in a taped conversation. He admitted that he bowled a no ball on the last ball, but his attempts to spot-fix the...
11:27 PM, May 21, 2013
"I am innocent and have done no wrong. I have never indulged in any spot fixing," suspended pacer Sreesanth, who is an accused in the IPL spot-fixing case, said Tuesday. In a statement emailed to the media by his lawyer Rebecca John, the cricketer said I have never indulged in any spot fixing and I have always played cricket in the spirit of the game". Sreesanth, who was Tuesday remanded...
09:32 PM, May 21, 2013
New Delhi: Exposing the Bollywood connection in the IPL spot-fixing scandal, police on Tuesday arrested actor Vindoo Dara Singh for his alleged links with the betting mafia even as three players and seven bookies, accused of spot-fixing, were sent to five-day police custody. A hawala operator Aplesh Patel was also arrested along with Vindoo on a day when police recovered expensive clothes and a BlackBerry Z10 from the house of...
09:24 PM, May 21, 2013
New Delhi: Sports Minister Jitendra Singh Tuesday said they were committed to put in place a new legislation very soon to deal with the menace of fixing in sports and pushed for strong punishment for the guilty in the recent spot-fixing scandal. Jitendra had a meeting with Law Minister Kapil Sibal to discuss the proposed legislation. "I agree (with law ministry) that there should be a law. A strong punishment...
08:29 PM, May 21, 2013
Sahara and the BCCI have been at loggerheads for more than a year now over that franchise fee with Sahara maintaining the BCCI did not honour its commitment in the bid document. ...
08:13 PM, May 21, 2013
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Tuesday remanded three players accused of spot-fixing in IPL to five-day police custody. Apart from the former Rajasthan Players Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan, seven bookies were also sent to the police custody for the same time period. Sreesanth, Chandila and Chavan were arrested on May 16 on charges that they spot-fixed certain matches in IPL 6. All three players, along with several...
07:00 PM, May 21, 2013
New Delhi: Police on Tuesday made recoveries from Rajasthan Royals player Sreesanth's friend's house in Jaipur, sources said. Sreesanth, who has been accused of spot-fixing at least three matches of Indian Premier League's sixth edition, took the police team to Jaipur and led them to the recoveries, they added. Police recovered clothes worth Rs 1.95, bought from a Diesel showroom in Mumbai, from his friend's house, according to the sources....
06:00 PM, May 21, 2013
Mohali: In the wake of spot-fixing scandal that has rocked the IPL, Punjab Cricket Association has decided to invite the parents of its junior cricketers for counseling so that the budding talent does not go astray and fall to the lure of quick money using unfair means. "We are inviting the parents of U-16 and U-19 cricketers and have interactions with them. While the step will help us take more...
05:47 PM, May 21, 2013
Bollywood has been making movies on match-fixing for a while now. In 2008 the Bhatts made 'Jannat' and released it during the first IPL season. The film went on to become a great hit. ...
04:16 PM, May 21, 2013
Hyderabad: The Telugu film industry has no links with the IPL spot-fixing scandal, the Telugu film producers council has said. The council Tuesday denied reports that a Telugu film producer had links with the scandal which rocked the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL). Council executive committee member T Bharadwaj clarified that Tollywood, as the Telugu film industry is known, has no casting director. He said if any producer was found...
04:03 PM, May 21, 2013
Law Minister Kapil Sibal has signalled that the government is looking at bringing about a national legislation to curb match-fixing in all sports. ...
03:11 PM, May 21, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to ban IPL 6 play-offs, but has directed the one man commission appointed by the BCCI to look into IPL irregularities and submit its report within two weeks. This came on a petition filed in the court seeking a stay on the remaining matches in the IPL in view of the spot-fixing scandal. The court observed that the 'problem is lackadaisical approach...
02:50 PM, May 21, 2013
New Delhi: Law Minister Kapil Sibal will meet law officers on Tuesday to discuss enacting a new law to check match-fixing in sports. Sibal has called for fixing to be made a criminal offence. "We will work with the Sports Ministry to introduce a law that makes match-fixing a criminal offence. We decided to put up a case for opinion by the A-G and if he clears that, anti-match fixing...
01:55 PM, May 21, 2013
The Chennai Police said that they have recovered Rs 4 lakh cash from bookie Prashant, who was arrested in connection with the IPL spot-fixing scandal. ...
12:34 PM, May 21, 2013
New Delhi: 6:41 pm: Sahara franchise pulls out from IPL. Sahara owns the Pune Warriors franchise in the Indian Premier League. Pune Warriors is the costliest franchise in IPL. A Sahara statement said: Sahara bought Pune franchise for a record Rs 1702 crore for 10 years. But they currently have dispute regarding the reduction of the franchise fee as initially there were 94 matches which was later reduced to 74...
11:05 AM, May 21, 2013
New Delhi: The five-day police custody of the three arrested cricketers - S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan - and 11 bookies who were arrested last week ends on Tuesday. They will be produced in a Delhi court. Police sources say they will ask for further custody of the three cricketers, and seven of the 11 bookies. Meanwhile, Baburao Yadav, the former Ranji cricketer detained on Monday has been...
09:50 AM, May 21, 2013
