Mumbai, May 25 (Agencies): Mumbai police arrested Chennai Super Kings owner Gurunath Meiyappan for his alleged involvement in IPL betting and spot-fixing scandal.
Gurunath was whisked off by police, to the headquarters shortly after he landed in Mumbai Friday evening for questioning.
"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", Joint Commissioner (Crime) of Mumbai Police Himanshu Roy told reporters.
He came under police scanner for his alleged involvment in the latest IPL spot fixing scam after his name was revealed by Bollywood actor Vindu Dara Singh Randhawa, who is currently in police custody.
Gurunath was arrested after nearly three hours of questioning that began at 9.30 pm, Roy said adding he will be produced before a metropolitan court tomorrow.
Vindoo reportedly admitted to having placed bets on behalf of Gurunath, son-in-law of BCCI President N Srinivasan.
Vindoo, winner of reality show Bigg Boss season 3 and son of late wrestler-actor Dara Singh, was allegedly in "frequent touch" with Gurunath during the IPL matches and was claimed to have told Mumbai crime branch that the CSK owner had lost Rs 1 crore through betting.
The crime branch, according to sources, had call data records of conversations between Vindoo and Meiyappan and they were learnt to have confronted the two with the transcripts.