Indian board chief besieged
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May 26, 2013, Sunday
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INDIA'S cricket chief Narainswamy Srinivasan has dismissed calls for his resignation after his son-in-law and Chennai Super Kings official Gurunath Meiyappan was arrested by police for his alleged role in spot-fixing during the Twenty/20 Indian Premier League.
"I will not resign just because some people with vested interests want me out," Srinivasan told the NDTV news channel yesterday. "We'll probe my son-in-law's role in spot-fixing with as much alacrity as we are probing players who are alleged to have been involved."
Meiyappan was reportedly in touch with actor Vindoo Randhawa who is alleged to be involved in the scandal that erupted with the arrest of test cricketer Shantakumaran Sreesanth and two other players last week.
Srinivasan has often been criticized for holding offices which have a conflict of interest since he is both the president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India and also runs India Cements company that owns the Super Kings.
Former BCCI president AC Muthiah, who was at the helm when the match-fixing scandal of 2000 broke out, said Srinivasan should resign immediately.
"We had banned players like Mohammad Azharuddin, Ajay Sharma, Ajay Jadeja and Manoj Prabhakar and our quick action had been appreciated by other cricket boards, but I don't see such measures being taken now," said Muthaiah, who is fighting a legal battle with Srinivasan on the conflict of interest issue.
The spot-fixing investigations gained momentum after Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan were arrested for allegedly manipulating certain parts of IPL games for their Rajasthan Royals team and receiving money from bookmakers in return.
"I will not resign just because some people with vested interests want me out," Srinivasan told the NDTV news channel yesterday. "We'll probe my son-in-law's role in spot-fixing with as much alacrity as we are probing players who are alleged to have been involved."
Meiyappan was reportedly in touch with actor Vindoo Randhawa who is alleged to be involved in the scandal that erupted with the arrest of test cricketer Shantakumaran Sreesanth and two other players last week.
Srinivasan has often been criticized for holding offices which have a conflict of interest since he is both the president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India and also runs India Cements company that owns the Super Kings.
Former BCCI president AC Muthiah, who was at the helm when the match-fixing scandal of 2000 broke out, said Srinivasan should resign immediately.
"We had banned players like Mohammad Azharuddin, Ajay Sharma, Ajay Jadeja and Manoj Prabhakar and our quick action had been appreciated by other cricket boards, but I don't see such measures being taken now," said Muthaiah, who is fighting a legal battle with Srinivasan on the conflict of interest issue.
The spot-fixing investigations gained momentum after Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan were arrested for allegedly manipulating certain parts of IPL games for their Rajasthan Royals team and receiving money from bookmakers in return.
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