Mumbai: The preliminary post-mortem report of Bollywood actress Jiah Khan on Tuesday said that she died due to hanging. The Mumbai Police has questioned the 25-year-old actor's friends and will record the statements of her two sisters. The actress was found dead by her mother in her apartment in Juhu, Mumbai on late Monday night. The police suspected it to be a case of suicide but no suicide note was...
07:10 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
Mumbai: The Mumbai Police detained one of the important bookies in the Pune circle at the Mumbai airport on Monday. Bookie Kesu Pune alias Kishore Badlani is believed to be one of the links to the Dawood Ibrahim gang betting syndicate. He was detained around 8.00 am and will be brought to the Crime Branch office in an hour. Kesu Pune had reportedly flown to Europe (the exact destination is...
10:35 AM, Jun 03, 2013
Mumbai: Mumbai Crime Branch sleuths will keep a hawk's eye on guests attending the wedding ceremony of disgraced Rajasthan Royals cricketer and an accused in the IPL spot-fixing scandal Ankeet Chavan in Mumbai on Sunday. Chavan is tying the knot with IT consultant Neha Sambari in a low-key ceremony. The cricketer was given conditional bail by a Delhi court till June 6 for marriage. "We are keen to see who...
08:31 PM, Jun 01, 2013
Mumbai: Board Of Control For Cricket In India (BCCI) President Gurunath Meiyappan's son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan claims that someone called Terry from the International Cricket Council (ICC) had warned him about the report on his links with bookies in April when IPL 6 was starting, Mumbai Police sources say. Mumbai Police suspects Terry could be an official of the ICC anti-corruption unit. Meiyappan also claims that the warning was given to...
10:29 AM, Jun 01, 2013
Mumbai: Chennai hotelier Vikram Aggarwal, known in the betting circles as Victor, on Friday appeared before the Mumbai crime branch to record his statement. Aggarwal, a friend of Meiyappan for the last 15 years, allegedly led the IPL betting syndicate in the southern city and was a crucial link between CSK team owner Vindoo. He was issued summons by the Mumbai Police to appear on Friday and his statement is...
04:30 PM, May 31, 2013
Mumbai: The custody of actor Vindoo Dara Singh and BCCI chief N Srinivasan's son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan has been extended till June 3 in the IPL betting and spot-fixing case. The Mumbai Police argued that further custody is necessary to complete their investigations at a Mumbai court where they had been produced on Friday. The Mumbai Police say they confronted Meiyappan with the contents of his diary. The diary contains notations...
02:27 PM, May 31, 2013
Mumbai: The Mumbai Police has summoned absconding Chennai hotelier Vikram Aggarwal for questioning on Friday over betting links with BCCI chief N Srinivasan's son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan. Aggarwal, however, continues to remains untraceable after his anticipatory bail plea got rejected by the Madras High Court. Aggarwal allegedly introduced actor Vindoo Dara Singh to Gurunath Meiyappan. The Tamil Nadu CB-CID also said it was considering taking legal action against him as he...
08:40 AM, May 31, 2013
Mumbai: Actor Vindoo Dara Singh, who was arrested in connection with the IPL betting scandal, on Thursday claimed that he is innocent. While being taken to court, Vindoo said that he has no role in the entire controversy. "I have no role in this. I have not done anything," said Vindoo. Vindoo had earlier admitted that he met pacer Sreesanth. As part of the ongoing probe into the IPL betting...
12:41 PM, May 30, 2013
New Delhi: The Delhi Police has recovered Rs 5.5 lakh allegedly paid to suspended cricketer S Sreesanth by bookies in the ongoing IPL spot-fixing case. The money has been recovered through Abhishek Shukla, a contact of Sreesanth. With this the Delhi Police sources claim they have tracked down Sreesanth's money trail in the case completely. The police had said that Sreesanth had received Rs 10 lakh for spot-fixing. Of that...
09:59 AM, May 30, 2013
It was an eventful day in the IPL scandal probe on Wednesday as BCCI chief N Srinivasan's son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan's custody was extended till May 31. Meanwhile, an RTI activist also filed a case against the BCCI. ...
09:25 AM, May 30, 2013
New Delhi: Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar on Wednesday night said there is a possibility of involvement of an IPL team besides Rajasthan Royals in spot-fixing but said no "breakthrough" has come in this regard so far. "There is a possibility of involvement of another IPL team ", Kumar said when asked on the involvement of more IPL teams in the spot-fixing scandal. He said Delhi Police were "hoping for...
12:26 AM, May 30, 2013
New Delhi: The day's highlights: - N Srinivasan withstands all pressure to remain defiant and keep his post. - Srinivasans' son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan's police custody extended till May 31. - Delhi Police arrests four bookies, including one who allegedly cleared cricketer S Sreesanth's Mumbai hotel room of all evidence of his involvement in the spot-fixing case. The other three remanded to police custody till Thursday - Arrested bookie Mohd Yahya...
08:41 PM, May 29, 2013
New Delhi: Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf, who was withdrawn from the ICC Champions Trophy after his name cropped up in the ongoing investigations into the IPL betting and fixing scandal, has denied the charges against him. Speaking at a press conference in Lahore, Rauf said all the allegations against him were "baseless". Sources close to Rauf had on Tuesday said that he had finally got permission from the ICC to...
04:39 PM, May 29, 2013
Mumbai: A Mumbai court on Wednesday extended BCCI chief N Srinivasan's son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan's custody till May 31 even as his lawyers told the court that the arrest is illegal and there is no evidence against him. During the hearing the Judge said that perusal of case diary shows there is evidence which cannot be revealed now. But there is sufficient grounds for extending custody. This even as the police...
02:29 PM, May 29, 2013
Mumbai: Arrested actor Vindoo Dara Singh has admitted that he met pacer S Sreesanth, according to the Mumbai Police sources. As part of the ongoing probe into the IPL betting and spot-fixing scandal, sources, say, Vindoo Dara Singh has said that met the Kerala pacer on May 14 just before his arrest, at the actor's Juhu residence. Bookie Pawan Jaipur, also wanted in the case, was also present during the...
11:09 AM, May 29, 2013
The Tamil Nadu police has denied the Mumbai Police's claim that Chennai hotelier Vikram Aggarwal is untraceable saying it has issued a summon to him to appear on May 30. This even as the Mumbai Police says it is yet to summon Vikram Agarwal for questioning over his links to the IPL betting racket as he is currently untraceable. ...
11:36 PM, May 28, 2013
Karachi: Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf, who is under a cloud of suspicion after the emergence of the spot fixing scandal in the Indian Premier League, will address a press conference in Lahore on Wednesday to give his version of the story. Sources close to Rauf said that he had finally got permission from the ICC to speak to the media. "Since returning from India he has remained out of sight...
10:35 PM, May 28, 2013
Mumbai: The Mumbai Police, investigating the IPL betting case, is seeking to call back Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf saying it had enough reasons to believe that he had links with bookies, sources said on Tuesday. The police is considering initiating the process to get back Rauf, sources said. Rauf was recently withdrawn as umpire from the ICC Champions Trophy after it emerged that the Mumbai Police was probing his role...
05:16 PM, May 28, 2013
