NEW DELHI — The chief executive of the Chennai Super Kings is likely to be questioned by police in Mumbai later Friday as part of investigations into spot-fixing in the Indian Premier League. Gurunath Meiyappan, who is the son-in-law of Board of Control for Cricket in India president Narainswamy Srinivasan, is reported to have been in touch with Bollywood actor Vindoo Randhawa who is alleged to be close to bookmakers at the center of an ongoing probe. “We've affixed one summons on the door of Meiyappa's residence (in Chennai),” Mumbai Joint Commissioner of Police Himanshu Roy told reporters. “A second summons was served at the CSK (IPL team) office to a manager who accepted it. Legally the summons has now been served.” Test cricketer Shantakumaran Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan were arrested last week for allegedly manipulating certain parts of IPL games for their Rajasthan Royals team and receiving money from bookmakers in return. Sreesanth has denied his involvement in spot-fixing but charges of cheating, criminal conspiracy and criminal breach of trust have been brought against the three for conceding a fixed minimum number of runs per over in exchange for up to 6 million rupees ($110,000) from bookmakers for every over. Several bookmakers have been arrested across the country over the past week along with their associates, which include three domestic-level cricketers and Randhawa, who has been shown by television channels as watching an IPL game in the company of the wife of India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. The BCCI said Friday it is keen to see a law to curb spot-fixing. “The strongest possible law for match-fixing is needed as quickly as possible,” IPL Commissioner and BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla told reporters in New Delhi. “The absence of a proper law is being taken advantage of. We've met the law minister and will also be meeting the sports minister in this regard.” Police said Friday they were “investigating all the angles” in the spot-fixing scandal but refused to confirm if they were targeting top Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf. Rauf was withdrawn from next month's Champions Trophy in England amid media reports that he is under police investigation for spot-fixing, the ICC said Thursday. — Agencies
