Mumbai: Gurunath Meiyappan, son-in-law of BCCI President N Srinivasan and owner of Chennai Super Kings, was arrested here late tonight for his alleged involvement in betting on IPL matches, raising questions over the future of the franchise.
According to Indian Express, Joint Commissioner (Crime) of Mumbai Police Himanshu Roy told reporters, "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.”
The 35-year-old Gurunath was summoned by Mumbai Police for questioning after actor Vindoo Dara Singh implicated him in betting. Earlier, Gurunath arrived here this evening for questioning by Mumbai police's crime branch following allegations of involvement in betting in the IPL, police said.
According to a report in Deccan Chronicle, Joint Commissioner (crime) Himanshu Roy said he would be questioned tonight and that he was not detained at the airport.
Accompanied by his lawyer, the 35-year-old CSK honcho arrived from Madurai by a chartered flight and was taken in a car piloted by a police jeep carrying crime branch personnel over a couple of hours after the deadline for his personal appearance ended at 5 pm.
Roy said the crime branch would question him in the light of what actor Vindoo Dara Singh, arrested for his alleged links with bookmakers, had said during his custodial interrogation and what police had come to know in the course of its investigation.