ICC Chairman named in corruption report

NEW DELHI: In an explosive revelation, the Supreme Court disclosed on Friday that former the BCCI president N Srinivasan and his son-in-law, Gurunath Meiyappan, are among those under probe in the IPL spot-fixing case, TV reports said.

Indian Premier League (IPL) team Rajasthan Royals' co-owner Raj Kundra and Sundar Raman, chief operating officer of the cash-rich tournament, too are under investigation, according to the reports.

"We have seen the report (of the Mudgal committee), and it did suggest some misdemeanour on the part of certain individuals," the apex court said. The court will hear the case again on November 24.

Srinivasan had to step down as the Board of Control for Cricket in India president due to his involvement with Chennai Super Kings (CSK), one of the IPL franchises under the radar. Meiyappan has been facing flak over his role in the controversy and association with CSK.

Reports also said Srinivasan was going to stand for re-election as president at the BCCI's annual general meeting scheduled for November 20, but that has now been postponed to December .

Justice Mudgal committee, which conducted a probe against Srinivasan and 12 prominent players, had on August 29 filed its interim report in a sealed cover before the Supreme Court on alleagtions of spot-fixing and betting in the 2013 edition of the high-voltage league.

The apex court had on May 16 given the task to conduct a probe against 69-year-old Srinivasan, who is the International Cricket Council (ICC) chairman, and the 12 players. It had rejected BCCI's proposal to conduct the probe through its own panel.

Meiyappan was team principal of Chennai Super Kings till last year. CSK is owned by India Cements, whose managing director is Srinivasan. The team is captained by Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

Meawhile, Justice Mudgal said he was waiting for the court's orders. Commenting on the high-profile case, he said there was no pressure on him or the committee.

Holding that findings of the report on non-cricketers be disclosed, the court revealed just part of the report of the Mudgal report on Friday.

Five other names have been put on hold by the court, ANI quoted Aditya Verma, petitioner in the case, as saying.

The court, however, ordered non-disclosure of names of the players who have been indicted in the report.

There is a big debate in the media and among cricket experts over whether the players named in the report should be made public.

Initially, TV reports said two players were also named, but the court immediately made it clear that only the name of non-players were to be disclosed for now.