 "Delhi police bring Dawood angle in spot-fixing scandal")
Delhi Police today brought the angle of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim in the Indian Premier League (IPL) spot-fixing scandal in a Delhi court which sent suspended cricketer S Sreesanth to Tihar jail, rejecting police's plea for his remand for two more days.
"We are missing the link of the whole episode which will be proved very soon. Some big names are also involved, which I cannot disclose at this stage and they were in regular contact with the D company," senior public prosecutor Rajiv Mohan said during the course of arguments in remand proceedings.
Delhi Police had sought an extension of Sreesanth's police custody on the ground that immediately after his arrest in Mumbai, co-accused Jiju Janaradhan had offered one of their common friends Abhishek Shukla Rs 2 lakh to clean the cricketer's hotel room. However, the court was not impressed.
Also today, Mumbai Police announced that it intended to get Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf back to India by seeking issuance of Letters Rogatory, following revelations about his alleged association with bookies involved in the IPL scandal.
"He (Rauf) has associated himself with bookies in a manner that brings him under suspicion and so, we are proceeding against him... Including issuing Letters Rogatory," Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Himanshu Roy said today.
The IPL spot-fixing scandal broke out on May 16, when Delhi Police arrested S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan from Mumbai, on charges of spot-fixing in IPL 6. All three players represented Rajasthan Royals.
On May 21, Mumbai Police arrested Bollywood actor, Vindu Dara Singh on charges of betting. On May 24, Chennai Super Kings Principal, Gurunath Meiyappan was arrested on charges of betting, conspiracy and cheating by the Mumbai Crime Branch.
But despite the high-profile arrests and the ongoing police investigations, bookies had a busy day on May 26, the final IPL match between Mumbai Indians & Chennai Super Kings.
According to sources, betting worth Rs 2,500 crore took place on May 26.
Meanwhile, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) today constituted a three-man inquiry commission including two retired High Court judges to go into allegations against Gurunath Meiyappan.
Justice T Jayaram Chouta, Justice R Balasubramanian, and BCCI Secretary Sanjay Jagdale are members of the Commission.
Former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi today proposed the name of veteran administrator I S Bindra as a possible successor to N Srinivasan. "Indian cricket now needs a leader that everyone can trust.
For me, there is one man who stands out as being capable of uniting Indian cricket in the short term. That man is Inderjit Bindra."
"We are missing the link of the whole episode which will be proved very soon. Some big names are also involved, which I cannot disclose at this stage and they were in regular contact with the D company," senior public prosecutor Rajiv Mohan said during the course of arguments in remand proceedings.
Delhi Police had sought an extension of Sreesanth's police custody on the ground that immediately after his arrest in Mumbai, co-accused Jiju Janaradhan had offered one of their common friends Abhishek Shukla Rs 2 lakh to clean the cricketer's hotel room. However, the court was not impressed.
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It pulled up the investigators for not showing any fresh ground to take the custody of Sreesanth, saying as to why he should be handed to "your hospitality" for two days.
Also today, Mumbai Police announced that it intended to get Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf back to India by seeking issuance of Letters Rogatory, following revelations about his alleged association with bookies involved in the IPL scandal.
"He (Rauf) has associated himself with bookies in a manner that brings him under suspicion and so, we are proceeding against him... Including issuing Letters Rogatory," Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Himanshu Roy said today.
The IPL spot-fixing scandal broke out on May 16, when Delhi Police arrested S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan from Mumbai, on charges of spot-fixing in IPL 6. All three players represented Rajasthan Royals.
On May 21, Mumbai Police arrested Bollywood actor, Vindu Dara Singh on charges of betting. On May 24, Chennai Super Kings Principal, Gurunath Meiyappan was arrested on charges of betting, conspiracy and cheating by the Mumbai Crime Branch.
But despite the high-profile arrests and the ongoing police investigations, bookies had a busy day on May 26, the final IPL match between Mumbai Indians & Chennai Super Kings.
According to sources, betting worth Rs 2,500 crore took place on May 26.
Meanwhile, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) today constituted a three-man inquiry commission including two retired High Court judges to go into allegations against Gurunath Meiyappan.
Justice T Jayaram Chouta, Justice R Balasubramanian, and BCCI Secretary Sanjay Jagdale are members of the Commission.
Former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi today proposed the name of veteran administrator I S Bindra as a possible successor to N Srinivasan. "Indian cricket now needs a leader that everyone can trust.
For me, there is one man who stands out as being capable of uniting Indian cricket in the short term. That man is Inderjit Bindra."