Chennai: A team of Mumbai Police on Sunday conducted raid at BCCI chief N Srinivasan's son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan's house. Meiyappan was arrested and then sent to police custody till May 29 in the IPL betting case.
On May 23, a Mumbai police team served summons on Meiyappan at his residence in connection with the spot fixing controversy. Meiyappan was in Kodaikanal at that time and the summons was received by his staff on his behalf.
Meiyappan has been linked to Bollywood actor Vindoo Dara Singh, arrested earlier for links with bookies who are accused of manipulating IPL matches using inside information from tainted players and others.
Trying to ring fence CSK from the risk of its licence getting terminated, India Cements Ltd on May 24 issued a statement that Meiyappan is not the owner/CEO/team principal of IPL franchise, ostensibly to distance CSK from him and his actions....
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12:00 PM, May 26, 2013
New Delhi: N Srinivasan has rejected the request made by some BCCI members to step down in the wake of IPL betting scandal in which his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan has been arrested and sent to police custody, sources said. Some BCCI members met the cricketing body's President and suggested former chief Shashank Manohar should replace him, sources added. Meanwhile, BCCI disciplinary committee head Arun Jaitley said BCCI will take action...
10:54 AM, May 26, 2013
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...
10:36 AM, May 26, 2013
New Delhi: Lawyer of N Srinivasan's son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan, who has been arrested and sent to police custody on charges of betting in IPL, told CNN-IBN that his arrest was made under pressure. "The fact of the matter remains that the police have no evidence with them. Or conclusive proof or prima facie evidence - oral or documentary. It is extremely wrong and unfair to put the cart before a...
09:23 AM, May 26, 2013
New Delhi: The mother and sister of Rajasthan Royals cricketer S Sreesanth, who was arrested on spot-fixing charges, met him in police custody on Saturday evening, police sources said. Sreesanth's mother Savitri Devi, and sister Nivedita met the cricketer at the Delhi Police special cell in Lodhi Colony, where the cricketer is being kept, the sources said. The three hugged each other, and cried. Savitri Devi wished that her son...
08:46 AM, May 26, 2013
New Delhi: BCCI chief N Srinivasan's grip over Indian cricket is fast slipping away and while he is refusing to resign, his detractors in the Board are plotting his removal. Srinivasan's son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan was sent to police custody till May 29 on Saturday in connection with the IPL betting case. BCCI's top brass leaders met on Saturday evening in Kolkata ahead of the big IPL final. The dinner hosted...
08:36 AM, May 26, 2013
As events unfold in the Indian Premier League spot-fixing and betting scandal, one man who would be watching it all happen closely is BCCI chief N Srinivasan. With his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan's arrest in the case, pressure is mounting on Srinivasan to resign as the BCCI top boss. ...
11:45 PM, May 25, 2013
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11:39 PM, May 25, 2013
New Delhi: The crisis in the Indian Premier League continues and the heat is on BCCI chief N Srinivasan to quit after his son-in-law and Chennai Super Kings CEO Gurunath Meiyappan was arrested by the Mumbai Police late on Saturday night on charges of betting and spot-fixing. However, a defiant Srinivasan said that he will not be bulldozed into resigning and that he has done no wrong. Sources said that...
11:31 PM, May 25, 2013
In spite of the arrest of his son-in-law and Chennai Super Kings official Gurunath Meiyappan for his alleged involvement in the betting scam, N Srinivasan has declined to step down from his post as BCCI chief. ...
11:26 PM, May 25, 2013
The former IPL commissioner says the league has become big enough and important enough to take the BCCI out of its equation. ...
11:20 PM, May 25, 2013
Kolkata: A dinner hosted by CAB President Jagmohan Dalmiya on Saturday brought BCCI officials and state unit representatives face to face with the beleaguered Cricket Board chief N Srinivasan. BCCI officials, who attended the dinner, did not appear to be too keen to press for a change of leadership at the moment, sources said. They said a consensus seemed to have emerged at the dinner against seeking Srinivasan's ouster at...
09:31 PM, May 25, 2013
Mumbai: It is a controversy that's caught the interest of the entire nation. Chennai Super Kings team principal and son-in-law of BCCI chief N Srinivasan Gurunath Meiyappan was arrested by the Mumbai Police amidst high drama. Later, a defiant Srinivasan refused to step down. Meiyappan was sent to police custody till May 29 after a three-hour long argument in a court. A tired looking Meiyappan had earlier been interrogated for...
08:41 PM, May 25, 2013
Mumbai: Mumbai Police on Saturday said that BCCI chief N Srinivasan's son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan and arrested Bollywood actor Vindoo Dara Singh will be interrogated face-to-face in connection with the IPL spot-fixing and betting scandal. Mumbai Police Joint CP (Crime) Himanshu Roy while addressing a press conference said that Gurunath Meiyappan was produced in court earlier in the day and the police obtained his custody upto May 29. "This is important...
08:27 PM, May 25, 2013
Mumbai/Kolkata: BCCI President N Srinivasan's rivals were on Saturday said to be plotting a strategy to seek his ouster even as he remained defiant rejecting demands for his resignation in the wake of the arrest of his son-in-law and CSK team owner Gurunath Meiyappan on betting charges. However, doubts over Sunday's IPL final involving CSK and Mumbai Indians were cleared with IPL Chairman Rajeev Shukla saying that the match will...
07:50 PM, May 25, 2013
Karachi: The manager of Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf, allegedly under the scanner in the Indian Premier League spot-fixing scandal, on Saturday claimed that his client has not indulged in corruption and is innocent. "Asad has no links with any bookie nor is he involved in any corrupt practice. He has had a very clean career," Rauf's manager Shahzad Ahmed told PTI. "I think it is totally unfair the way the...
07:42 PM, May 25, 2013
Kolkata: Apologising on behalf of MS Dhoni, who could not attend the pre-match conference, Chennai Super Kings coach Stephen Fleming said on Saturday that the team players and support staff are distressed about the news related to the franchise. Fleming said that everyone in the team management was proud to have represented CSK in the past six seasons and that none of their players had any knowledge of betting or...
07:33 PM, May 25, 2013
New Delhi: In a bid to counter president N Srinivasan's rivals in the BCCI, Tamil Nadu Cricket Association has already started calling up office-bearers of other state units urging them to show solidarity in his hour of crisis. Hectic lobbying is expected during the dinner hosted by CAB president Jagmohan Dalmiya at a Kolkata hotel which is scheduled to start at around 8 pm. The who's who of BCCI are...
07:16 PM, May 25, 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
Mumbai: There may be a big clamour to oust N Srinivasan through a Special General Meeting (SGM) following the arrest of his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan in the IPL betting charges, but such a meeting can be postponed or even stopped from taking place by the BCCI President. The Board chief has been bestowed with powers to scuttle even a requisitioned SGM of the Board convened for this purpose, as per...
06:42 PM, May 25, 2013
