ICC official "warned" Meiyappan over bookie links, claim Mumbai police
Updated On: 31 May, 2013 10:47 PM IST | | Agencies
An ICC official had "warned" CSK team owner Gurunath Meiyappan to be "careful" about his association with bookies weeks before he was arrested in connection with the IPL betting scandal, police said today.
More embarrassing information today tumbled out of police interrogation of Gurunath Meiyappan after he allegedly revealed that he was warned by ICC to keep away from bookies at the start of IPL 6, pushing his father-in-law and BCCI President N Srinivasan further to the corner as the chorus for his ouster grew.
An official of the anti-corruption unit of the highest governing body of international cricket had verbally asked Meiyappan, son-in-law of BCCI president N Srinivasan, to steer clear of the bookies after the activities of the Chennai franchise honcho came to their notice, a top crime branch officer involved in the investigation said.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) is also reported to have warned the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) about Meiyappan's frequent interactions with bookies during the sixth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
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