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 several hours after a dramatic midnight arrest.
But it was the details of the argument made by the police, seeking Meiyappan's custody, which sent fresh tremors throughout the country. The police said they wanted to probe if Meiyappan was passing on team strategy to bookies to facilitate bets, if two phones used by him had SIM cards obtained by forging documents and whether he was placing bets upto Rs one crore through Vindoo Dara Singh.
As of now the sections applied against Meiyappan are the blanket sections applied against all the accused. Though the defense tried to argue arresting him when he responded to summons was illegal, the court favoured the police arguments for custody....
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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
The final match between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians is not under threat, IPL chief Rajiv Shukla said on Saturday. ...
07:39 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
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
New Delhi: Former BCCI President IS Bindra on Saturday demanded immediate removal of incumbent N Srinivasan due to the ongoing IPL spot-fixing scandal, calling him "arrogant" and insisting that his continuance would damage Indian cricket. "I have been keeping quiet on this issue but his statement that he will not step down, in Mumbai today, shows that he is as arrogant as ever," Bindra told PTI. "I demand that he...
06:38 PM, May 25, 2013
Amidst all the mess, the legalities and politics, the Indian fan is certainly affected. Listen in to what fans told us in Delhi on the IPL scandal. ...
05:16 PM, May 25, 2013
New Delhi: Law Minister Kapil Sibal on Saturday announced that the government is ready with new legislation to deal with unfair practices like match-fixing and spot-fixing. Sibal said that the government will bring a new standalone law at the earliest as the current season of IPL is entangled in the controversy of spot-fixing and betting. Sibal said that the government does not want to let down millions of sports fans....
04:58 PM, May 25, 2013
Mumbai: BCCI chief N Srinivasan's son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan has been sent to police custody till May 29 in the Indian Premier League betting and spot-fixing case. Meiyappan tried to defend himself in court on Friday. Meiyappan's lawyer told the court that the police were not justified in seeking Meiyappan's custody only to recover his mobile phones. Sources say the Mumbai Police told court that Meiyappan placed bets during the Indian...
03:56 PM, May 25, 2013
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath also said that the government will get anti-fixing law passed in the Monsoon Session of Parliament. ...
02:50 PM, May 25, 2013
BCCI President N Srinivasan reiterated on Saturday that he will not step down from his post and will not be bulldozed. But can he afford to remain defiant? ...
02:42 PM, May 25, 2013
New Delhi: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) members on Saturday began discussions on their options for leadership change in the cricket body and a showdown with their President N Srinivasan is likely to take place in Kolkata at former BCCI chief Jagmohan Dalmiya's residence, sources said. BCCI working committee will consider impeachment if Srinivasan, who earlier said in Mumbai that he has no intentions of resigning,...
02:27 PM, May 25, 2013
Mumbai: A defiant BCCI chief N Srinivasan said he cannot be "bulldozed" or forced to quit amid growing clamour for his resignation in the light of his son-in-law being arrested on charges of betting in Indian Premier League. Srinivasan, who landed in Mumbai on Friday afternoon where his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan is being produced in court, also said that the BCCI's rules will be followed strictly. "I have done nothing...
02:00 PM, May 25, 2013
New Delhi: He is defiant. He seems to have lost support overnight. And it looks like his time at the The Board Of Control For Cricket In India's (BCCI) top brass is numbered. N Srinivasan, however, maintains that he will not resign from the post of BCCI's President despite the arrest of his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan in IPL betting scandal. However, sources have said that the BCCI top brass is...
01:19 PM, May 25, 2013
Madurai: Embattled BCCI President N Srinivasan, whose son-in-law and owner of Chennai Super Kings Gurunath Meiyappan was arrested on Friday night for his alleged involvement in IPL betting scandal, left Madurai for Mumbai. Srinivasan, whose departure came on a day when the BCCI is set to meet in Kolkata on Saturday night against the backdrop of the spot-fixing controversy, declined to talk to the waiting mediapersons. Meiyappan was arrested by...
01:10 PM, May 25, 2013
Kolkata: Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid hopes that investigators get to the bottom of the mess and reveal the truth about spot fixing. "I believe truth sets you free. I sincerely hope that we get to the bottom of this mess and reveal whatever the truth is, no matter how painful it is," Dravid told media persons after his team went down fighting to the Mumbai Indians in the second...
12:09 PM, May 25, 2013
New Delhi: Former Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Shashank Manohar is now the frontrunner to be the interim chief of the organisation, which has been left in a lurch ever since the pressure on its current president, N Srinivasan, to resign has mounted, sources said. The BCCI board will meet informally ahead of the IPL 6 final in Kolkata on Sunday but the decision on Srinivasan,...
11:47 AM, May 25, 2013
Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy said match fixing is there all over the word. ...
11:42 AM, May 25, 2013
New Delhi: Alleged international bookie Mohammad Yahya, who was arrested on Friday from Hyderabad airport while he was trying to flee to Dubai, has been sent to 5-day police custody. Yahya had approached a number of players in this season of the IPL, according to sources. According to sources, Yahya, who has been heavily involved in IPL 6 season, had approached not just Rajasthan Royals players, but other players from...
10:52 AM, May 25, 2013
