The Mumbai police on Saturday Sep 21,2013 charged -
Gurunath Meiyappan(BBCCI Chief N Srinivasan's Son-in-law and former CSK team principal)
Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf and
Vindu Dara Singh
with betting, gambling, cheating and conspiracy in IPL 6
The charge sheet accuses Gurunath Meiyappan of placing bets on four matches between May 12 and 15. It has relied on call records to show that he passed on information about several teams, pitch conditions and strategy to Vindu Dara Singh, who in turn passed this on to the bookies. Not only that, Gurunath Meiyappan has been accused of making crores — in one occasion though he reportedly lost a crore himself — by betting on matches through Vindu Dara Singh
According to the charge sheet -
On May 12,Gurunath Meiyappan told Vindu Dara Singh that Chennai Super Kings would score only 130-140 runs against Rajasthan Royals.That day, CSK scored 141 runs and the tip was a crucial one for bookies to place session bets, Vindu Dara Singh told interrogators.Gurunath Meiyappan himself placed a bet in favour of Rajasthan Royals, which ended up winning the match
Also on May 12,it has been accused, Gurunath Meiyappan also shared information about the pitch report in the match between RCB and KKR and also told Vindu Dara Singh that theRCB would lose the match, the charge sheet says
The charge sheet also indicts Asad Rauf, charging him with placing bets on matches through Vindu Dara Singh, even matches which he umpired. In the charge sheet, the police have mentioned records of 80 calls between the two and accused Asad Rauf of being in touch with several bookies
The charge sheet lists 22 arrested accused and 24 wanted accused, including 16 Pakistani nationals. There are 205 witnesses. The police have examined 12 voice samples, CCTV footage from four locations, recovered 150 cellphones and 40 sim cards with forged documents.
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