IPL betting scam: 11,609-page chargesheet filed against Meiyappan, Vindoo

ldquoAaj zindagi ki haarjeet kar lo Mumbai parrdquo Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf had told Vindoo Dara Singh before the start of a particular Indian Premier League IPL match involving Mumbai Indians Rauf was officiating as the onfield umpire in that matchu00a0Life however has a funny way of getting even Months after he uttered those words they have come back to haunt the nowretired umpire This particular phone conversation recovered from Vindoorsquos mobile during investigations have been mentioned as proof in the massive chargesheet filed by the Mumbai Police on Saturday Gurunath Meiyappan Vindoo Dara Singh below and others have been reportedly charged only for betting not spot fixing Nearly four months after the IPL scandal Indian cricketrsquos biggest hour of shame to date rocked the nation Mumbai police crime branch officers on Saturday chargesheeted Gurunath Meiyappan former owner of Chennai Super Kings bookie Vindoo Dara Singh Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf and 20 others in the IPL betting case According to sources Meiyappan Vindoo and a few others have been charged only for betting not spot fixing This however could not be confirmed at the time of going to press Briefing the media Joint Commissioner of Police Crime Himanshu Roy said the chargesheet had been filed in the court of the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Uday Padwad According to Roy Rauf now retired and many others including 15 bookies have been declared as lsquowantedrsquo in the 11609page chargesheet The other accused have been charged under section 66A of the Information Technology Act sections 4 and 5 of the Gambling Act and sections 465 forgery 466 forgery of record of court or of public register 468 forgery for cheating 471 using a forged document as genuine 490 breach of contract 420 cheating 212 harbouring the offender 120B criminal conspiracy and 34 common intention of the Indian Penal Code The IPL betting and matchfixing scam broke like a clap of thunder when officers of the Delhi Police nabbed some cricketers and then Mumbai police arrested bookies Ramesh Vyas Ashok Vyas and Pandurang Kadam in May and recovered 92 mobile phones 18 SIM cards and a laptop from them among other equipment At least 30 of these phones were used to facilitate contacts with bookies in India Pakistan and Dubai through conference calls made by Vyas Highlights of the chargesheet gtgtu00a0Gurunath Meiyappan was in touch with Vindoo Dara Singh He allegedly provided confidential information related to his team to Vindoo and Vindoo passed them on to bookies gtgtu00a0On May 12 Guru and Vindoo have a phone conversation where the former says CSK would score less and make between 130 and 140 runs He then places bets through Vindoo against his own team CSK lose the match gtgtu00a0Clause 42 of Code of conduct in IPL says umpires cannot place bets Rauf had placed bets through Vindoo on pitch conditions and matches gtgtu00a0On May 15 just before the Mumbai Indians Vs Rajasthan Royals match at 1329 Rauf is heard telling Vindoo ldquoAaj zindagi ki haar jeet kar lo Mumbai parrdquo Rauf was standing in that match as umpire Mumbai Indians MI win gtgt On May 16 bookie Pawan Jaipur calls up Vindoo and says ldquoLafda ho gaya hai Jo SIM card maine Rauf ko diya hai tell him to destroy thatrdquo Vindoo calls Rauf and passes message The chargesheet in numbers Total pages 11609 Arrestedinvestigated accused 22 Wanted 24 Seized 150 cellphones 5 laptops 3 iPads 40 SIM cards Total witnesses 205 Panchnamas 61 Voice samples taken 12 Cities from where evidence unearthed 9 Incriminating CCTV footages 10u00a0 Also read I have not suffered any disqualification I plan to contest BCCI polls Srinivasan Guru chargesheet has nothing to do with me Srinivasan