MAY 29- The police custody of BCCI chief N Srinivasan’s son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan in the IPL betting case ends on Wednesday.
The Mumbai Police is likely to ask for an extension of his custody. This comes as the police continue to interrogate actor Vindu Dara Singh and bookies Taneja and Patel regarding the allegations of betting and fixing in the Indian Premier League.
However, Chennai hotelier Vikram Aggarwal still remains untraceable.
The BCCI on Tuesday constituted a three-man inquiry commission including two retired high court judges to go into allegations against Meiyappan.
Justice T. Jayaram Chouta, former judge of the Karnataka and Madras High Courts, Justice R. Balasubramanian, former judge of the Madras High Court, and BCCI secretary Sanjay Jagdale are members of the commission, which will also go into the allegations against three players of the Rajasthan Royals team and its franchise as well as the Chennai Super Kings, of which Meiyappan was the Team Principal.
ALso, on Tuesday Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni was bombarded with a volley of questions on spot fixing in the India Premier League (IPL) but he evaded them all with a smile.
Dhoni, who leads Chennai Super Kings in the IPL, was asked three to four questions about the scandal but didn’t answer them during the press conference before leaving for the Champions Trophy in England.
BCCI issued a diktat that the journalists attending the press conference won’t be allowed to ask questions on the spot-fixing scandal, which rocked the cash-rich league leading after the arrest of three cricketers including S. Sreesanth.
Meiyappan’s name was revealed after police arrested Bollywood actor Vindu Dara Singh Randhawa for spot fixing. Vindu was often pictured with Dhoni’s wife Sakshi, cheering for Super Kings during the IPL matches.
