New Delhi: The Mumbai Police on Thursday served a notice to Chennai Super Kings team owner and BCCI chief N Srinivasan's son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan, asking him to appear before it for questioning by 5.00 pm on Friday. The police claimed they needed to probe a substantial number of calls made by arrested Bollywood actor Vindoo Dara Singh to Meiyappan and bookie Ramesh Vyas. All through Thursday, even as dramatic scenes...
10:40 PM, May 23, 2013
New Delhi: The Mumbai Police on Thursday served a notice to Chennai Super Kings team owner and BCCI chief N Srinivasan's son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan, asking him to appear before it for questioning by 5.00 pm on Friday. The police claimed they needed to probe a substantial number of calls made by arrested Bollywood actor Vindoo Dara Singh to Meiyappan and bookie Ramesh Vyas. All through Thursday, even as dramatic scenes...
10:40 PM, May 23, 2013
Asad Rauf was withdrawn from the Champions Trophy after reports that he was being probed by the Mumbai Police amidst the IPL spot-fixing case. ...
10:06 PM, May 23, 2013
Mumbai: Chennai Super Kings CEO Gurunath Meiyappan on Thursday sought time till Monday to appear before Mumbai Police for questioning in connection with the IPL betting scandal, police said. Sources in the crime branch, probing the racket, said the request from Meiyappan for allowing him to appear on Monday was received on Thursday evening, hours after he was issued summons. "The request is under consideration," a crime branch source said...
09:57 PM, May 23, 2013
Mumbai: Chief Administrative Officer of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Ratnakar Shetty, on Thursday told CNN-IBN that the board will help Mumbai police in giving any documents and any footage that will help the inquiry in spot-fixing matter. "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...
09:36 PM, May 23, 2013
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Police on Thursday claimed to have busted two IPL betting rackets with the arrest of 13 people in separate raids in Hyderabad and Nellore. Saroornagar police raided an apartment in Tirumala Nagar in Hyderabad on Wednesday night and arrested seven persons. The police team seized four laptops, 18 cellphones, a TV set, betting slips and Rs 19,600 in cash, DCP C Ravi Varma said. The seven men...
09:16 PM, May 23, 2013
New Delhi: Ajit Chandila was allegedly paid Rs 12 lakh by a bookie for spot-fixing in last year's IPL but the attempt to manipulate matches failed as the cricketer could not play many matches, Delhi Police sources claimed on Thursday. Interestingly, the sources said, Chandila gave three cheques of Rs 4 lakh each, two of which bounced, after the alleged bookie-cum-fixer Sunil Bhatia insisted on repayment of the money as...
08:19 PM, May 23, 2013
As the spot-fixing and betting scandal spreads, the focus is once again on the big names in Indian cricket. Politicians cutting across party lines have for years been cricket administrators. ...
07:53 PM, May 23, 2013
Mumbai: The Mumbai Police is unlikely to summon any film personality based on the claims made by Bollywood actor Vindoo Dara Singh, who was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly betting in IPL 6 matches, said sources on Thursday. Vindoo has, reportedly, during his interrogation claimed that he used to place bets on behalf of Bollywood personalities. But with the claims yet to be verified, the sources have said that no...
06:15 PM, May 23, 2013
The controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act is in place in Manipur for the last 55 years. While the forces claim it is impossible to improve the security situation without it, its frequent abuse has led to the death and disappearance of many youths, it has led to rape of women by security force personnel. While Irom Sharmila's marathon fast has kept the focus on the issue, 55 years is...
05:57 PM, May 23, 2013
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...
05:47 PM, May 23, 2013
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday registered a money laundering case in the IPL spot-fixing scandal to probe alleged routing of hawala funds and other financial irregularities which emerged after police investigations. With the ED coming into picture by invoking the criminal clauses of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), the noose would tighten against the accused players and bookies as under the said Act the onus...
05:46 PM, May 23, 2013
It took close to 14 years, since the Mohammad Azharuddin episode in 1999, for a first-of-its-kind crackdown on the betting mafia, which has had contrasting ...
05:31 PM, May 23, 2013
BJP leader Yashwant Sinha has said that the IPL is as good as a gambling den and that it is a conduit for black money. He said the name of Indian Premium League shoould be changed to 'Indian Paapi League'. "It's pure and simple betting and gambling. This is what the sport has of cricket has been reduced to," he added. ...
05:05 PM, May 23, 2013
The top names in the Indian cricket administration are strongly defending BCCI chief N Srinivasan. ...
04:30 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
BJP MP Kirti Azad has targeted the party's senior leader Arun Jaitley over the IPL spot-fixing scandal. Questioning the BCCI disciplinary committee headed by Jaitley, Azad said, "Hand over the spot-fixing probe to the NIA. What is the disciplinary committee doing?" ...
03:44 PM, May 23, 2013
New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid says dealing with the turmoil caused by the spot-fixing scandal, which has left his team`s reputation in tatters, has turned out to be as tough as handling "bereavement in some ways". "I would not lie it was a very tough phase for us. It was a blow to the team. It`s something I have never experienced anything like it. It`s like bereavement in...
03:00 PM, May 23, 2013
New Delhi: A couple of more players are under the radar in the IPL spot-fixing scandal and are likely to be questioned next week, say sources. The name of the players, sources say, came up after the interrogation of a group of bookies. The police have also asked for the footage of all the matches played by the Rajasthan Royals from IPL's broadcaster Set Max. The Delhi Police is also...
02:57 PM, May 23, 2013
Jaipur: More arrests are taking place in the Indian Premier League spot-fixing and illegal betting scandal. Another bookie has been arrested now from Ajmer in Rajasthan. The bookie has been identified as Akash Garg. Rajasthan has in the recent times emerged as a hub for bookies in addition to Mumbai, Gujarat and Goa. The betting scandal in the past few days has seen arrests of bookies from Mumbai, Kolkata and...
02:10 PM, May 23, 2013
