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 will need police verification and clearance for all players, officials and event arrangers? Asked by: sundar1950in
A. Yes with the sequence of events in the last few weeks it is evident that stronger vigilance is needed....
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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: 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
New Delhi: Ever since the IPL spot-fixing scandal was busted almost a week ago there has been a competition between the Delhi Police and its Mumbai counterpart to take credit for the same. Delhi Police officials say that they have not sought bookie Ramesh Vyas's remand. Vyas has been arrested by Mumbai Police in connection with the IPL spot-fixing cases. Officials say that there is no need to take Ramesh...
02:14 PM, May 22, 2013
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...
01:12 PM, May 22, 2013
New Delhi: In another shocking turn of events, Vindoo Dara Singh, the Bollywood actor arrested on Tuesday in connection with spot-fixing in IPL 6, has admitted to being in touch with a relative of the owner of the Chennai Super Kings franchise, according to sources on Wednesday morning. Sources in the Mumbai Police said that they were now probing a Chennai link to the scandal that has rocked the world...
08:33 AM, May 22, 2013
New Delhi: 10.11 pm: IPL chief Rajiv Shukla promises stern action against the guilty, saying no one will escape punishment, even if it includes a BCCI official. 6.50 pm: Income Tax department begins probe in IPL spot-fixing case. 6.44 pm: Lalit Modi tweets, "This spot fixing mess - is getting even worse. Srinivasan and family should immediately resign. They should be banned with immediate effect." 6.20 pm: Former betting kingping...
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: 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: 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
Mumbai: Mumbai Police have arrested hawala operator Alpesh Patel along with actor Vindoo Dara Singh in connection with betting mafia in the ongoing IPL. Sources said that Patel was in touch with all the bookies who have so far figured in the case. Mumbai Police sources said that the arrested bookie can help them establish the money trail. Over a crore rupees was recovered from Patel when he was arrested....
06:16 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
Mumbai: Actor Vindoo Dara Singh was arrested on Tuesday by the Mumbai Police for links with IPL betting mafia. The actor, who was detained by the Crime branch in Mumbai on Monday night was formally arrested on Tuesday morning. According to sources, arrested bookie Ramesh Vyas named the actor while he was being interrogated in the IPL spot-fixing case. Vindoo, who won season 3 of 'Bigg Boss', has appeared in...
05:14 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
New Delhi: More revelations continue to surface in the IPL spot-fixing scandal even as the three arrested cricketers - S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan - are set to be produced in court later on Tuesday. The Delhi Police has recovered Rs 20 lakh from Ajit Chandela's home while the Mumbai Police has found pictures of Sreesanth with a known bookie. They have also established links between the arrested...
07:53 AM, May 21, 2013
Mumbai: Arrested Rajasthan Royals S Sreesanth is facing more trouble as details tumble out in the IPL spot-fixing scandal. Mumbai Police sources have now told CNN-IBN that the examination of Sreesanth's laptop and notebook points to his e-mail interactions with a suspected Bollywood casting director, who sent him pictures of models. Sources say that some e-mails, possibly Sreesanth's conversations with Jiju and a bookie Jupiter, have been deleted and now...
12:24 PM, May 20, 2013
Mumbai: The noose is tightening around arrested cricketer S Sreesanth as the Mumbai Police has seized his mobiles, laptop, data cards from the hotel room in which he was staying in Mumbai. As sources say that the Mumbai Police might seek Sreesanth's custody of interrogation, the Delhi Police Special Cell - which is investigating the case - will now have to pursue its Mumbai counterparts to share the evidence with...
08:31 AM, May 19, 2013
Some more shocking details emerged on the third day of the recently surfaced spot-fixing scandal that has tarnished the credibility of the cash-rich Indian Premier League. Here's a breakdown of Saturday's major developments. BCCI chief N Srinivasan says IPL not fixed BCCI President N Srinivasan came down hard on the players arrested in the spot-fixing case, telling CNN-IBN's Karan Thapar that those found guilty should be sent to jail, while...
09:09 PM, May 18, 2013
