New Delhi/Chennai/Mumbai:
The Delhi Police has told NDTV that more players are involved in the spot-fixing scandal that has rocked the sixth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Speaking to NDTV, SN Srivastava, Special Commissioner, Special Cell, Delhi Police, said that the on-field performance of the arrested players is direct evidence of their involvement in spot-fixing. He also added there is enough evidence against Rajasthan Royals player S Sreesanth, who was arrested last week along with two of his team-mates, Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila.
Here are the 10 big developments in the case:
The International Cricket Council (ICC) yesterday dropped Pakistan umpire Asad Rauf from next month's Champions Trophy in England due to him being probed in the spot-fixing case. (Read)
Indian Premier League (IPL) CEO Sundar Raman met Joint Commissioner of Police Himanshu Roy at the Mumbai Crime Branch office late yesterday night. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is conducting an internal probe into the scandal. (Full coverage)
The Mumbai Police yesterday visited the Chennai home of Gurunath Meiyappan, CEO of the Chennai Super Kings and son-in-law of BCCI chief N Srinivasan, as part of their investigation. Mr Meiyappan was not home and the police team has affixed summons to his door. He has been asked to appear before the Mumbai Police between 11 am and 5 pm today. Mr Meiyappan, however, has sought more time and is likely to appear on Monday at 11 am. (Read)
The police say they have some questions for Mr Meiyappan based on their interrogation of small-time actor Vindoo Dara Singh, who is one of the people arrested in the investigation.
Sources claim that Vindoo has named five-six Bollywood personalities who are linked with the spot-fixing scandal. The police have however not disclosed any names, saying the details that have emerged from the actor's interrogation need to be verified.
Vindoo has allegedly told the police that he helped two bookies, Pawan Jaipur and Sanjay Jaipur, escape to Dubai, sources claimed. 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.
The Delhi Police is seeking access to items found in the Mumbai hotel room where cricketer Sreesanth stayed, sources claim. Delhi Police will reportedly file a production warrant addressed to their Mumbai counterparts in court. Delhi Police have also sent teams to Hyderabad and Goa to track purchases of the arrested Rajasthan Royals players, Sreesanth, Ankeet Chavan, and Ajit Chandila, reportedly made with money paid to them by bookies.
Sources say Delhi Police will also ask the BCCI to share raw footage of all matches that featured Rajasthan Royals in IPL-6.
The police claim that Chandila was paid this Rs. 15 lakh in April as advance for spot-fixing by a bookie named Deepak in Chandigarh. This amount is separate from the Rs. 20 lakh recovered from Chandila's kit bag at his relative's house in Faridabad on Monday.
The voice samples of Sreesanth, Chandila and Chavan have been collected. These samples will be matched with those in thousands of phone conversations between alleged bookies intercepted by the police during their investigations.
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