rediff.com
News APP

NewsApp (Free)

Read news as it happens
Download NewsApp

Available on  gplay

Rediff.com  » Cricket » IPL spot-fixing controversy: Mudgal committee questions Srinivasan, Meiyappan
This article was first published 10 years ago

IPL spot-fixing controversy: Mudgal committee questions Srinivasan, Meiyappan

August 16, 2014 20:35 IST

Image: N Srinivasan
Photographs: Ritam Banerjee/Getty Images

The newly appointed International Cricket Council (ICC) chairman and BCCI's president-in-exile N Srinivasan and his son-in-law Gurunath

Meiyappan were among those who were questioned by Supreme Court appointed Justice Mukul Mudgal panel members in relation to the IPL-6 betting and spot-fixing case on Saturday.

Senior IPS officer BB Misra, who is also a Deputy DG of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), was the primary investigator.

...

IPL spot-fixing controversy: Mudgal committee questions Srinivasan, Meiyappan

Image: Gurunath Meiyappan (centre)
Photographs: Reuters

"A team of officials representing the Supreme Court appointed Justice Mudgal Commission arrived here yesterday and had inquired other Chennai based persons and they will leave for Delhi either tonight or tomorrow," a well-placed source said.

The source confirmed that Misra and his team members had separate meetings with Srinivasan and Meiyappan and they were not quizzed together.

...

IPL spot-fixing controversy: Mudgal committee questions Srinivasan, Meiyappan

Image: Protests against N Srinivasan
Photographs: Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters

The committee was also supposed to meet former Q-branch SP Sampath Kumar, senior IPS officer Abhas Kumar and a few senior officials from India Cements during their Chennai trip.

According to the source, there will be a review meeting of the panel on August 27 after which, a decision will be taken about seeking an extension as the current deadline for submitting the report is August 31.