New Delhi: Involvement of a prominent Bangladeshi player, who never played in the IPL, has now emerged in the IPL spot-fixing scandal, police sources told CNN-IBN on Wednesday.
Investigation moved forward at a rapid pace on Wednesday when name of the BCCI president N Srinivasan's son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan, who is also the Team Principal and CEO of Chennai Super Kings, also surfaced - allegedly for illegal betting. But the involvement of the unnamed Bangladeshi player is the latest development, though police sources said questioning the player is not possible because of jurisdiction.
Sources also revealed that Sunil Abhichandani alias Sunil Dubai, who is considered to be running this whole racket, took Railways' player Baburao Yadav to play in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). Baburao, a cricketer-turned-bookie, was arrested over the weekend by Delhi Police. He had represented Vidarbha in the Ranji Trophy before joining Railways in 2006. He was suspended by Indian Railways after his arrest.
Also on Wednesday, Delhi Police gathered more proof to nail Ajit Chandila, the Rajasthan Royals player who was arrested along with Sreesanth and Ankeet Chavan, as he was contacted by a Patiala-based bookie Deepak Kumar....
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05:01 PM, May 22, 2013
Bhubaneswar: Alleging rampant corruption and plundering of BPL rice, minerals and from gullibles through chitfund during BJD rule in Odisha, Congress on Sunday claimed it would capture power in the next polls by dumping the Naveen Patnaik government in Bay of Bengal. Addressing a function to accord a reception to the new OPCC President Jayadeb Jenan, senior party leaders including Union Minister Srikant Jena slammed the BJD government of failing...
03:10 AM, May 20, 2013
Bangkok: India on Monday said that with continuous and concerted efforts, people living below poverty line will be down to 26.7 per cent by 2015, but improving sanitation facilities in the country still remains a challenge. The visiting Minister of State for Commerce and Industry of India, Dr Dagubatti Purandeswari told the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) meet here that for a country...
02:35 PM, Apr 29, 2013
Shimla: Power tariffs in Himachal Pradesh have been hiked by up to 16 per cent for all categories, including domestic consumers (except BPL families) with immediate effect. The increase will be reflected in the electricity bill generated for April 2013, State Electricity Regulatory Commission (SERC) announced in its tariff order in Shimla on Saturday. Tariff for domestic users would be hiked by 16 per cent, while industrial and commercial consumers...
01:30 AM, Apr 28, 2013
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05:38 PM, Apr 09, 2013
Can the IPL season six sustain public interest over the next four to six weeks? CNN-IBN's sports editor Gaurav Kalra joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. Q. The advertising of IPL has been criticised by everyone.Too much glamour quotient,How is it helping cricket. Mandeep singh/Bisla who did well last yr are back without any progress. Asked by: googly A. Personally, I do not enjoy the coverage of...
05:58 PM, Apr 05, 2013
The Cabinet has cleared the UPA's gamechanger Food Security Bill. The revised Bill was cleared by the Cabinet without any further changes. The Food Security Bill seeks to provide for uniform 5 kg of foodgrains per month per person at a highly subsidised price of Rs 1-3 per kg to two-thirds of the country's population. ...
05:30 PM, Mar 19, 2013
An Indian bookie from Hyderbadad has been barred by the Bangladesh Cricket Board from entering any of their stadiums after he was found "sending a lot of text messages" during the Bangladesh Premier League matches in Mirpur on Monday. ...
09:48 AM, Feb 12, 2013
In another match, Rangpur Riders pipped Chittagong Kings by five wickets in a thriller. ...
11:03 PM, Feb 09, 2013
Barisal Burners and Duronto Rajshahi registered easy wins against Khulna Royal Bengals and Rangpur Riders respectively in the Bangladesh Premier League on Monday. ...
11:11 PM, Feb 04, 2013
In other match, Duronto Rajshahi pipped Barisal Burners by four wickets as they chased down the target of 153 runs in 19.4 overs. ...
11:20 PM, Feb 02, 2013
In a match that saw 400 runs being scored in 40 overs, Duronto Rajshahi beat Barisal Burners by four runs. ...
06:56 AM, Jan 29, 2013
Opposition Congress on Sunday released its election manifesto promising to provide seven kg rice per family every month free of cost to people of very poor category. Those belonging to BPL category would get 35 kg of rice per family per month at Re 1 a kg if the party was voted to power in the February 14 Assembly election in Tripura. ...
02:39 AM, Jan 28, 2013
Royals won their fourth match in a row this season to lead the points table. ...
07:26 PM, Jan 25, 2013
The Sheila Dikshit government has decided to raise the cap on subsidised cooking gas cylinders from 9 to 12 barrells per annum. The move, however, will benefit only the BPL (below poverty line) card holders. ...
12:50 PM, Jan 21, 2013
The PCB claimed that the home board has to approach the visiting players' parent board. ...
11:36 PM, Jan 16, 2013
PCB Chairman Zaka Ashraf made it clear that after BCB twice backed out of its commitment to tour Pakistan, there was no moral binding to send its players for the league. ...
10:14 AM, Jan 12, 2013
Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan hit the jackpot as he went for $365,000. ...
10:12 PM, Dec 20, 2012
PCB has indicated that it would not send its players for the BPL unless the BCB fulfills its commitment of touring Pakistan. ...
11:14 PM, Dec 16, 2012
The deadline set by the Bangladesh Cricket Board for players to send NOCs of their respective boards passed two days back. ...
10:28 AM, Dec 15, 2012
