New Delhi: Delhi Police on Saturday ruled out the involvement of owners on Indian Premier League teams so far, saying nobody's name has cropped up yet.
"No owner's name has surfaced in our investigation. When they found out that players did not play up to their full potential and that they gave runs away for money, they complained that they've been cheated," Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar said.
A total of 20 people -- three IPL players, four former players and 13 bookies and their assistants -- have been arrested since May 16 in connection with the spot-fixing scandal that has rocked the cricketing world. Ajit Chandila, Sreesanth and Ankeet Chavan are the three Rajasthan Royals players who were arrested.
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03:10 PM, May 25, 2013
New Delhi: Cricketer Sreesanth arrested in connection with the IPL spot-fixing scandal had gifted a smart phone to a second girl and investigators have recovered it, police sources said on Friday. "We have recovered a second mobile phone, a Blackberry Bold, from his female friend. He has gifted this phone to her. He purchased it from Jaipur during one of the matches played by his team there," a senior police...
07:41 PM, May 24, 2013
As the probe reaches the doorstep of the franchise he owns, and the team CEO and his son-in-law summoned by the police for questioning, should the BCCI president step down? Former BCCI vice-president and former Cabinet Minister Kamal Morarka joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. Q. Similar to how Ministry of Corp Affairs intervened in Satyam Scandal, BCCI should be shown the same treatment and N Srinivasan...
05:21 PM, May 24, 2013
Once the poster-boy of cricket in Kerala, Sreesanth is probably hated and condemned like no one else. How has Brand Sreesanth taken a hit? Naveen Nair gets us this story. ...
03:02 PM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: Minister of State for Home Affairs RPN Singh on Friday said it would not be right to ban the Indian Premier League (IPL) in view of fresh revelations in the spot fixing scandal, and promised to act tough against guilty. "If there is a problem somewhere, it does not mean the whole organisation should be shut. It will not be right as so many people in the country...
01:21 PM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: Rattled by the spot-fixing scandal that has shaken Indian cricket, IPL Chairman Rajeev Shukla and BCCI vice-President Arun Jaitley on Friday met Law Minister Kapil Sibal, demanding that a strong anti-fixing legislation be "enacted as soon as possible". "Today Arun Jaitley, who is a BCCI vice-President and the Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee and me met Law Minister Mr Kapil Sibal and requested that the strongest possible law...
12:47 PM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: The Delhi Police has made it clear that no foreign player is involved in the Indian Premier League spot-fixing scandal. "No foreign player's name has come up in our investigation," Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar said. He said 12 bookies and three players - S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan - have been arrested so far in the case. The custody of former Ranji player Manish Gudheva...
09:08 AM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: The widening net in the IPL spot-fixing and betting case continues to grow by the day. Actor Vindoo Dara Singh's interrogation, which first brought the focus on Chennai Super Kings CEO and BCCI chief N Srinavasan's son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan, has now also reached Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf. Gurunath Meiyappan was served summons by the Mumbai Police on Thursday to appear before investigators in Mumbai. Meiyappan though has asked...
07:50 AM, May 24, 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
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: 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
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
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
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
Vindoo Singh, son of late wrestler-actor Dara Singh, was arrested on Tuesday for his alleged links with the bookies. ...
11:57 PM, May 22, 2013
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11:54 PM, May 22, 2013
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. ...
11:45 PM, May 22, 2013
IPL commissioner Rajeev Shukla said that all guilty will be punished whether they are administrators or players. ...
11:30 PM, May 22, 2013
New Delhi: In more trouble for the arrested cricketers and bookies in the IPL spot-fixing scandal, the Income Tax department has begun a probe into alleged hawala and illegal cash transactions and will question them. The I-T department has got in touch with the investigators of the Delhi police and initiated "tax evasion and suspected hawala dealings" related probe into the latest allegations of spot-fixing. The department, according to official...
07:29 PM, May 22, 2013
