A four-member team of Mumbai Crime Branch held a raid on the Chennai residence of Gurunath Meiyyappan, the son-in-law of BCCI boss N Srinivasan on Tuesday. The team declined to speak to journalists waiting outside Meiyyappan’s residence. This is the second time the Mumbai Police is raiding the residence of Meyappan, the principal of Chennai Super Kings owned by Srinivasan in connection with the IPl betting scandal.
On Tuesday, the Mumbai cops were accompanied by a relative of Meyyappan. last time, the team had a tough time as they were made to wait in front of the house by the personal security guards of Meyyappan. The team also swooped down on Meyyappan’s luxury yacht anchored off Chennai harbour. Riveria, the luxury yacht is believed to have been bought by Meyyappan from an Australian cricketer.
The Crime Branch CID of the Chennai Police probing the match fixing and betting cases has summoned city hotelier Vikram ‘Victor’ Aggarwal, to appear before it on May 30. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Venkatraman, DySP, CBCID, said Aggarwal, who owns Chennai’s Radison Blu was active in betting circles.
Though the lawyer of Aggarwal has been complaining that Aggarwal had been taken into custody by the CBCID, Venkatraman denied the charges. “We have not taken him into custody. The lawyer is free to tell whatever he wants,” Venkatraman said.
He said the Chennai Police till Tuesday has arrested ten persons in connection with the IPl betting case. “We are questioning five persons and expect to decipher more details over the next few days,” he said.
Sources in CBCID said that Aggarwal has been introduced to Meyyappan by Vindu Dharasingh, the film actor who is in custody of Mumbai Police.