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    CSK owner Meiyappan arrested in IPL betting case

    Owner of Chennai super kings (CSK), Gurunath Meiyappan, was arrested late on Friday and shall be produced before a metropolitan court on Saturday for his alleged involvement in the Indian Premier League betting scandal.

    May 25, 2013 / 15:00 IST

    Gurunath Meiyappan, son-in-law of board of control for cricket in india (BCCI)President N Srinivasan and owner of Chennai Super Kings, was arrested late on Friday for his alleged involvement in IPL betting scandal, raising serious doubts about continuance of the franchise in the hugely popular T20 league.


    Also read: CSK honcho Meiyappan to appear before Mumbai Police


    Meiyappan was arrested after nearly two-and-a-half hours of questioning that began at 9.30 pm. "We have interrogated Gurunath based on information we have. We found his involvement in the offence related to IPL betting case we have registered. We have placed him under arrest," Joint Commissioner (crime) Himanshu Roy told reporters.


    Roy said Meiyappan will be produced before a metropolitan court on Saturday. The 35-year-old top honcho of CSK, twice IPL champions, was in the eye of a huge storm after actor and TV reality show winner Vindoo Dara Singh, arrested for his alleged links to bookies, admitted to having placed bets on his behalf.


    Vindoo, winner of reality show Bigg Boss season 3 and son of late wrestler-actor Dara Singh, was allegedly in "frequent touch" with Meiyappan during the IPL matches and was claimed to have told Mumbai crime branch that the CSK owner had lost Rs 1 crore through betting.

    The crime branch, according to sources, had call data records of conversations between Vindoo and Meiyappan and they are learnt to have confronted the two with the transcripts.

    first published: May 25, 2013 11:17 am

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