ICC chairman Narayanaswami Srinivasan cleared in Supreme Court ISL corruption probe
Monday 17 November 2014 16:54, UK
International Cricket Council chairman Narayanaswami Srinivasan has been cleared of any wrongdoing in relation to allegations of corruption in the Indian Premier League Twenty20 competition.
The report said Srinivasan, who took over his role in July, was not guilty of betting and fixing nor of having tried to prevent the investigation.
Srinivasan had been relieved of his duties as the country's cricket board president during the course of the investigation.
But the 69-year-old was found guilty by the Supreme Court of not taking action against a player who violated the code of conduct
Srinivasan’s son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan was found guilty of being in contact with illegal bookmakers, according to the Justice Mukul Mudgal Committee Supreme Court report made public on Monday.
Meiyappan, an official of the Chennai Super Kings IPL franchise, was arrested in May last year by Mumbai Police probing illegal betting on the tournament but was released on bail after a fortnight.
The report also found that Rajasthan Royals co-owner Raj Kundra had been in touch with bookmakers and that IPL chief executive Sundar Raman had failed to report betting by Meiyappan and Kundra, despite knowing about it.
The case is due to come up for hearing on November 24.
