New Delhi: Delhi Police on Friday submitted an interim reply on Umesh Goenka's plea in which he had alleged that he was forced to record his statement during the ongoing investigation in the IPL betting scandal. Goenka had alleged he was beaten up and forced to write the statement which said Rajasthan Royals' co-owner and actor Shilpa Shetty had asked him to bet in a particular Indian Premier League match.
Delhi Police's reply states that prima facie Goenka's allegations are untrue, sources said. The statement was made in front of the Metropolitan Magistrate and hence the plea casts negative aspersions on the judiciary, the reply states further. Goenka's plea will be next heard on July 2.
Goenka had mentioned in his statement that Shetty's husband and another RR co-owner Raj Kundra also placed bets through him in the IPL matches. The sources had said that the statements given by Goenka can be used as evidence. Questioning of Shetty also has not been ruled out, but the Delhi Police had claimed that they are verifying Goenka's statement first.
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06:11 PM, Jun 14, 2013
New Delhi: Former BCCI president I.S. Bindra on Tuesday said that he had written a letter to current head of interim group Jagmohan Dalmiya ahead of Monday's Working Committee demanding suspension of controversial franchises Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals. "I had written to Jagmohan Dalmiya before the working committee meeting about suspending the two franchises. The issue was raised on the floor of Working Committee. Mr Dalmiya said that...
09:49 PM, Jun 11, 2013
Chennai: Chennai-based hotelier Vikram Aggarwal was arrested on Monday by the Tamil Nadu Crime Branch-CID for his role in the IPL betting scandal. "We have been able to establish that he was gambling on IPL matches," said TN CB-CID DSP Venkatraman. Aggarwal appeared before the TN CB-CID today. The police said they have learnt that Aggarwal was in close contact with arrested bookie Kitty and that he used his hotel...
07:21 PM, Jun 10, 2013
Mumbai: On the day the Board of Cricket Control (BCCI) in India suspended Raj Kundra pending inquiry into the IPL scandal, the Rajasthan Royals' co-owner said he is "shocked, saddened and hurt" with the decision and that he "will fight the grounds of suspension". The decision to suspend Kundra was taken during the BCCI's emergent working committee meeting on Monday. Here is Kundra's full statement: All those who know me...
05:38 PM, Jun 10, 2013
New Delhi: In a big blow to the Rajasthan Royals, the Board of Cricket Control in India has suspended the franchise's co-owner Raj Kundra pending inquiry into the IPL scandal. The decision was taken in the BCCI's emergent working committee meeting on Monday. Also the committee decided that the same probe panel, comprising of Justice R Balasubranian and Justice Jayaram T Chouta, which is inquiring into the IPL spot-fixing case...
01:07 PM, Jun 10, 2013
Mumbai: Mumbai Cricket Association President Ravi Sawant is likely to be appointed as the new BCCI Treasurer at the board's emergent working committee meeting on Monday, say sources. The post of the Treasurer was vacant after Ajay Shirke had resigned with the IPL spot-fixing and betting scandal hit the board's credibility. More key decisions are on the cards in Monday's BCCI meet. According to sources, the BCCI is considering suspending...
10:58 AM, Jun 10, 2013
New Delhi: In more trouble for the Indian Premier League, the BCCI's emergent working committee meeting will be held in Delhi on Monday and sources have told CNN-IBN that some key decisions are on the cards. According to sources, the BCCI is considering suspending Rajasthan Royals co-owner Raj Kundra pending an inquiry after the Delhi Police claimed he had confessed to betting. Sources also say the BCCI might set up...
08:38 AM, Jun 10, 2013
Mumbai: An embattled Raj Kundra, co-owner of Rajasthan Royals team, who is facing accusations of betting on IPL matches, on Friday claimed innocence and said he would be willing to forfeit his shares in the franchise if found guilty. "I was called by Delhi Police since I am a minority shareholder of Rajasthan Royals and a few questions were put to me to which I have satisfactorily answered," Kundra, husband...
11:29 PM, Jun 07, 2013
New Delhi: Actress Shilpa Shetty placed bets of Rs one lakh for an IPL match, Delhi Police claimed on Friday even as investigators said they do not believe her husband and co-owner of Rajasthan Royals Raj Kundra's statement that he lost Rs one crore in betting. Kundra and Shilpa have denied allegations against them. Police sources said they may quizz Kundra again and call Shilpa for questioning if there is...
08:36 PM, Jun 07, 2013
New Delhi: The hearing of the bail pleas of former Rajasthan Royals players Sreesanth and Ankeet Chavan and alleged bookie Jiju Janardhan has been adjourned till Monday by a MCOCA court in New Delhi on Friday. The defence questioned the application of the stringent MCOCA law in the case during the hearing. Sreesanth's lawyer argued in court that the police charges are unjustified. Prosecution had invoked the harsh Maharashtra Control...
05:24 PM, Jun 07, 2013
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06:22 PM, Jun 04, 2013
Mumbai: After almost two weeks of being in police custody in the IPL betting case, BCCI chief N Srinivasan's son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan and actor Vindoo Dara Singh were on Tuesday granted bail by a Mumbai court. All others arrested by the Mumbai Police in the betting scandal including bookies Ramesh Vyas, Alpesh Patel and Prem Tarneja have also been granted bail. The court has granted them conditional bail on sureties...
11:43 AM, Jun 04, 2013
New Delhi: The bail pleas of suspended cricketer S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and 12 other accused in the IPL spot-fixing case will come up in Delhi's Saket court on Tuesday. This after the court extended Sreesanth and Ajit Chandila's judicial remand by a day on Monday. The Delhi Police had initially asked for an extension of up to June 5, which was dismissed by the court. Bookies Ashwani Aggarwal and...
07:46 AM, Jun 04, 2013
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09:00 PM, Jun 03, 2013
New Delhi: After a report in the Economic Times that said Team India captain MS Dhoni owns a 5 per cent stake in a sports marketing firm - Rhiti Sports - that manages him and four other current cricketers, the firm issued a statement on Monday in which it denied Dhoni is a shareholder of the company. Rhiti said Dhoni has no shares as on April 26. It said it...
05:21 PM, Jun 03, 2013
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04:45 PM, Jun 03, 2013
New Delhi: Jagmohan Dalmiya, who returned to the BCCI corridors of power on Sunday by taking over the duties of the cricketing body's president, will also handle the duties of the treasurer and the secretary, sources said on Monday. The two posts were vacated by Ajay Shirke and Sanjay Jagdale, who rejected the requests of BCCI board members to come back and are unlikely to return. In effect, Dalmiya will...
04:13 PM, Jun 03, 2013
New Delhi: Questions are now being raised on Team India captain MS Dhoni's business links. The Economic Times has reported that Dhoni has a 15 per cent stake in a sports marketing firm - Rhiti Sports - that manages him and four other current cricketers - Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Pragyan Ojha and RP Singh. This puts Dhoni in a conflicting position during team selection meetings, where he is expected...
11:24 AM, Jun 03, 2013
New Delhi: Jagmohan Dalmiya, who was on Sunday asked to take over BCCI's day to day activities by its members after its current chief stepped N Srinivasan stepped aside in the wake of the IPL scandal, told CNN-IBN that he is "confident of winning back the trust of the fans". Dalmiya was chosen to take over the BCCI's workings after a long meeting of the cricketing body's board members in...
11:25 PM, Jun 02, 2013
Chandigarh: Even as the spot-fixing scandal rages on, Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) President IS Bindra has created a fresh controversy by claiming that a BCCI official had arm-twisted the Sri Lankan board to withdraw a report which violated the anti corruption regulations during India's tour of Sri Lanka in 2010. Bindra, in an article on his website, made three points in the wake of the spot-fixing scandal and recounted an...
10:51 AM, Jun 02, 2013
