Chennai:
The Mumbai Police visited the Chennai home of Gurunath Meiyappan, CEO of the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Chennai Super Kings (CSK), yesterday as part of their investigations into the spot-fixing scandal. But Mr Meiyappan was not home and the police team has affixed summons to his door. A copy of the summon was also served to his office.
One of Mr Meiyappan's managers has accepted the summons on his behalf. Mr Meiyappan has been asked appear before investigators of the Mumbai Crime Branch between 11 am and 5 pm today. Mr Meiyappan, however, has ssought more time and will appear before the police only on Monday, sources said. (
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Mr Meiyappan is the son-in-law of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) chief N Srinivasan. The police say they have some questions for him based on their interrogation of small-time actor Vindoo Dara Singh, who is one of the people arrested in the spot-fixing investigation that has rocked the on-going season of the IPL.
Police sources claim that details that have emerged from the interrogation of Vindoo Singh need to be verified. The sources also added that Mr Meiyappan will be confronted with Vindoo Singh to verify his claims. At the moment, no one other than Mr Meiyappan is under the scanner from the Chennai franchise. Sources claim that Vindoo Singh has also named some Bollywood personalities.
Police sources say that they have also intercepted several "friendly" phone conversations between the actor and Mr Meiyappan. Immediately after one of these calls, the police sources allege, Vindoo Singh called up a bookie. The police have emphasized that they have no confirmation as yet that the Chennai Super Kings CEO has any links to alleged betting or spot-fixing in the IPL.
Mr Meiyappan's mobile phone has reportedly been switched off since morning.
Vindoo Singh was arrested on Tuesday. He is accused of having links with bookies allegedly involved in spot-fixing. He has been charged with cheating and forgery and will be in police custody till Friday.
Vindoo has allegedly told the police that he helped two bookies, Pawan Jaipur and Sanjay Jaipur, escape to Dubai, sources have told NDTV.
The police conducted a search at Vindoo's residence on Wednesday and reportedly recovered three mobile phones allegedly belonging to Pawan Jaipur. They also seized Vindoo's iPad and laptop.