Gurunath Meiyappan-CskOwner arrested

Gurunath Meiyappan, owner of Chennai Super Kings, arrested

Gurunath Meiyappan, son-in-law of BCCI President N Srinivasan and owner of Chennai Super Kings, was arrested  tonight for his alleged involvement in betting on IPL matches, raising questions over the future of the franchise.
"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.
Earlier, Meiyappan, Chennai Super Kings owner, arrived here this evening for questioning by Mumbai police's crime branch following allegations of involvement in betting in the IPL, police said.
Joint Commissioner (crime) Himanshu Roy said he would be questioned tonight and that he was not detained at the airport.
Accompanied by his lawyer, the 35-year-old CSK honcho arrived from Madurai by a chartered flight and was taken in a car piloted by a police jeep carrying crime branch personnel over a couple of hours after the deadline for his personal appearance ended at 5 pm.
Roy said the crime branch would question him in the light of what actor Vindoo Dara Singh, arrested for his alleged links with bookmakers, had said during his custodial interrogation and what police had come to know in the course of its investigation.
Asked if Meiyappan would be arrested after questioning, he said, "nothing has been decided. It is not going to be a pre-conceived decision. We will take a call only after questioning him."
Roy said Meiyappan had sent a communication saying it would not be possible for him to appear by the 5 pm deadline set by the Mumbai crime branch in summons issued to him yesterday.
He said Vindoo and Meiyappan would also be brought face to face during the questioning and the latter's lawyer would not be allowed to be present during the proceedings.