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5/24/13

Spot Fixing


Gurunath Meiyappan, son-in-law of BCCI President N Srinivasan and owner of Chennai Super Kings, was arrested here late tonight for his alleged involvment in betting on IPL matches, raising questions over the future of the franchise.

We have interrogated Gurunath based on information we have. We have found his involvement in the offence related to IPL betting case. We have placed him under arrest", Joint Commissioner (Crime) of Mumbai Police Himanshu Roy told reporters.



35-year-old Gurunath was summoned by Mumbai Police for questioning after actor Vindoo Dara Singh implicated him in betting.

Gurunath flew here by a chartered aircraft from Madurai a little after missing the 5 pm deadline set by police for questioning.

Gurunath reached Mumbai late in the evening accompanied by noted Chennai lawyer P S Raman.


He was taken from the Mumbai airport to the Crime Branch headquarters and subjected to interrogation before being arrested.