The2013 Indian Premier League spot fixing case
The2013 Indian Premier League spot fixing casearose when theDelhi Policearrested threecricketers,Sreesanth,Ajit ChandilaandAnkeet Chavan, on the charges ofspot-fixing. The three represented theRajasthan Royalsin the2013 Indian Premier League.
Sreesanth was arrested from his friend's house, whereas Chandila and Chavan were arrested from their team hotel inMumbai. Rajasthan Royals suspended the contracts of the three players until the investigation is complete. TheBoard for Control of Cricket in India(BCCI) suspended the players till further investigation. BCCI secretary Sanjay Jagdale, said,"The BCCI is shocked and saddened at the recent developments. The BCCI has zero tolerance to corruption. We will offer all cooperation to the Delhi police and all other authorities in their investigations in this matter. The IPL Governing Council has met and decided that the cricketers found involved will be dealt with severely."
Initially Sreesanth's father Shantakumaran Nair termed this to be a "larger conspiracy", and blamed cricketersMahendra Singh DhoniandHarbhajan Singhfor connecting his son with the scandal, but later retracted the statement and regretted. Delhi police have claimed that Sreesanth and Chavan have confessed being involved in the spot fixing. The police also claimed that Chandila had tried to get other players, including Chavan, involved in the spot fixing under the direction of the bookies.
Delhi Police chief Neeraj Kumar said they had been taping phone calls since April 2013. He added, "Further arrests will be of bookies and no more players will be arrested."
Vindu Dara Singhwas arrested for alleged links to bookies in this spot fixing.
Call records of Vindu in connection with the spot fixing scandal showed that he was in frequent contact withChennai Super Kings(CSK) Team Principal and BCCI president N. Sreenivasan's son in lawGurunath Meiyappan. To investigate whether frequent calls to Mr. Meiyappan were for betting, Mumbai Police had issued summons to him. On 24 May 2013, Gurunath Meiyappan was arrested on charges of betting, conspiracy and cheating after he was questioned by the Mumbai Crime Branch. After his arrest, the CSK franchisee immediately disowned him. In a press statement on 24 May 2013,India Cements, which owns the CSK franchisee — said “Mr. Meiyappan is neither the owner, nor the CEO/Team Principal of the Chennai Super Kings. [He] is only one of the members (Honorary) of the management team of the Chennai Super Kings.” The main reason for the immediate disowning of him was that, his arrest could lead to termination of the CSK franchise. This was because of the Clause 11.3 (c) of the Franchise Agreement, which stated that a franchise may be terminated immediately if“the Franchisee, any Franchisee Group Company and /or any Owner acts in any way which has a material adverse effect upon the reputation or standing of the League, BCCI-IPL, BCCI, the Franchisee, the Team (or any other team in the League) and/or the game of cricket.” On 26 May, BCCI announced that a three member commission will investigate the role of Mr. Meiyappan in the spot-fixing and betting scandal.
Sreesanth was arrested from his friend's house, whereas Chandila and Chavan were arrested from their team hotel inMumbai. Rajasthan Royals suspended the contracts of the three players until the investigation is complete. TheBoard for Control of Cricket in India(BCCI) suspended the players till further investigation. BCCI secretary Sanjay Jagdale, said,"The BCCI is shocked and saddened at the recent developments. The BCCI has zero tolerance to corruption. We will offer all cooperation to the Delhi police and all other authorities in their investigations in this matter. The IPL Governing Council has met and decided that the cricketers found involved will be dealt with severely."
Initially Sreesanth's father Shantakumaran Nair termed this to be a "larger conspiracy", and blamed cricketersMahendra Singh DhoniandHarbhajan Singhfor connecting his son with the scandal, but later retracted the statement and regretted. Delhi police have claimed that Sreesanth and Chavan have confessed being involved in the spot fixing. The police also claimed that Chandila had tried to get other players, including Chavan, involved in the spot fixing under the direction of the bookies.
Delhi Police chief Neeraj Kumar said they had been taping phone calls since April 2013. He added, "Further arrests will be of bookies and no more players will be arrested."
Vindu Dara Singhwas arrested for alleged links to bookies in this spot fixing.
Call records of Vindu in connection with the spot fixing scandal showed that he was in frequent contact withChennai Super Kings(CSK) Team Principal and BCCI president N. Sreenivasan's son in lawGurunath Meiyappan. To investigate whether frequent calls to Mr. Meiyappan were for betting, Mumbai Police had issued summons to him. On 24 May 2013, Gurunath Meiyappan was arrested on charges of betting, conspiracy and cheating after he was questioned by the Mumbai Crime Branch. After his arrest, the CSK franchisee immediately disowned him. In a press statement on 24 May 2013,India Cements, which owns the CSK franchisee — said “Mr. Meiyappan is neither the owner, nor the CEO/Team Principal of the Chennai Super Kings. [He] is only one of the members (Honorary) of the management team of the Chennai Super Kings.” The main reason for the immediate disowning of him was that, his arrest could lead to termination of the CSK franchise. This was because of the Clause 11.3 (c) of the Franchise Agreement, which stated that a franchise may be terminated immediately if“the Franchisee, any Franchisee Group Company and /or any Owner acts in any way which has a material adverse effect upon the reputation or standing of the League, BCCI-IPL, BCCI, the Franchisee, the Team (or any other team in the League) and/or the game of cricket.” On 26 May, BCCI announced that a three member commission will investigate the role of Mr. Meiyappan in the spot-fixing and betting scandal.
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