New Delhi:The Supreme Court-appointed Justice Mukul Mudgal Committee, which investigated the allegations of spot fixing and betting in the 2013 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), has said that sidelined BCCI president N. Srinivasan’s son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan was involved in betting.
The Mudgal committee report says that Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) officials were aware of Meiyappan’s activities but they did not act on it.While exonerating Mei-yappan of spot-fixing charges, the committee said he was involved in betting.
The committee also says that the then owner of Rajasthan Royals Raj Kundra was in contact with bookies. Regarding Meiya-ppan, the Mukul Mudgal commit-tee said: “Inves-tigations have confirmed that this individual was a team official of a franchise. He was fre-quently meeting individual 2 in his hotel room. This strengthens the conclusion of the committee that individual 1 was in close touch with individual 2.”(IANS)
