Mumbai, Sep 21 (PTI): Mumbai Police have filed a charge sheet against Chennai Super Kings Team Principal Gurunath Meiyappan for indulging in illegal betting during the sixth edition of the Indian Premier League.
The 11,500-page charge sheet also names Pakistani umpire
Asad Rauf, actor Vindoo Dara Singh and 15 bookies from that country as wanted accused.
BCCI President N Srinivasan sought to distance himself from his son-in-law and Chennai Super Kings Team Principal Gurunath Meiyappan, who will be chargesheeted in the IPL spot-fixing scandal, saying that law will take its course in the matter.
Srinivasan, whose company India Cements owns the Chennai Super Kings, was forced to step aside as Board President on moral grounds after Meiyappan was arrested for allegedly indulging in betting during the IPL this year.
"This is a matter for Mr Gurunath Meiyappan to deal with. If he is chargesheeted, the law will take it own course. He has been suspended so he has got nothing to do with the game," Srinivasan said.
"It is upto him to defend his position, it has got nothing to do with me," he added.
Srinivasan, who has remained defiant despite being stepping aside, reiterated that he would contest the BCCI Presidential election during the September 29 Annual General Meeting in Chennai.
"I will chair the meeting as President and inspite of what you (the media) feel, I may get elected," he said.
The IPL spot-fixing controversy broke out in May with the arrest of Rajasthan Royals players S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan by the Delhi Police for conceding a specified number of runs per over in return for money from illegal bookmakers.
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