Srinivasn’s son in law meiyappan to appear befor court on Friday
Chennai: CEO of Chennai Super Kings, Gurunath Meiyappan has been asked to appear on Friday in Mumbai before Crime Branch Police in connection with the IPL betting scandal, police said.
According to police, the call records of Vindoo, son of late wrestler-actor Dara Singh, who was arrested in the IPL betting case on Tuesday, indicated he had made several calls to Chennai and some to Meiyappan.
“Vindoo made several calls to Meiyappan of the Chennai IPL. We may call the person in question to ascertain the reasons why these frequent calls were made,” an officer involved in the probe had said.
The actor was arrested for his alleged association with bookies. Vindoo, winner of reality TV show Bigg Boss season 3, was allegedly in touch with some bookies held in the scandal.
He also reportedly admitted to having facilitated the escape of two bookies Pawan Jaipur and Sanjay Jaipur to Dubai from Mumbai on May 17,who had gone underground to evade arrest after Mumbai police busted the international betting racket with arrest of key bookie Ramesh Vyas and 3 others on May 14.
The IPL found itself embroiled in a controversy after speedster S Sreesanth and two Rajasthan Royals team mates were arrested last week by police, which claimed they received upto Rs 60 lakh from bookies for bowling one manipulated over.
A Special Cell of Delhi Police arrested Sreesanth and his teammates, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan, in Mumbai last week for indulging in spot-fixing in at least three IPL matches as per arrangements with bookies, who have underworld connections abroad.
