Internal probe clears India's cricket chief in spot-fixing scandal
Narayanswamy Srinivasan stepped aside temporarily as president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India on June 2 after his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan was arrested, and later released on bail, over alleged connections to illegal bookmakers.
A probe ordered by cricket chiefs into a betting scandal in the Indian Premier League has found no wrongdoing, allowing the return of BCCI president Narayanswamy Srinivasan, a source familiar with the situation said yesterday.
Srinivasan stepped aside temporarily as president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India on June 2 after his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan was arrested, and later released on bail, over alleged connections to illegal bookmakers.
Meiyappan is a team owner of IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings, a team bought by Srinivasan's India Cements conglomerate when the league was launched in 2008.
The BCCI appointed two retired High Court judges, Jayaram Chouta and R. Balasubramanian, to conduct an internal probe into the involvement of its members or of IPL owners.
Police also questioned Raj Kundra, husband of Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty and co-owner of the Rajasthan Royals franchise, which had three players arrested on charges of alleged spot-fixing.
The probe report, which was submitted to BCCI's acting chief Jagmohan Dalmiya on Sunday, cleared Srinivasan's India Cements, Rajasthan Royals, Meiyappan and Kundra of spot-fixing allegations, the source said.