A trial court hearing the IPL betting scam on Tuesday pointed to lapses in the charge sheet filed by the CB-CID of the Tamil Nadu police and directed the investigation officer to submit his explanation on May 25.
The magistrate sought clarifications, including why the investigation was “so silent” on the allegation that inside information on IPL team strategies was passed on to bookies and the role of senior IPS officer G. Sampath Kumar.
The scandal hit the headlines in 2013 triggering simultaneous investigations by the Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Delhi police. This led to the arrest or interrogation of prominent personalities. It ultimately led to a Supreme Court appointed committee banning CSK and Rajasthan Royals from the IPL for two years. According to police, the court wondered why the relationship between Gurunath Meiyappan (of the CSK) and city-based hotelier Vikram Agarwal was not properly explained in the final report.
Seeking to know whether the police made any attempt to examine Mr. Meiyappan and actor Vindu Dara Singh, the key accused, the court asked whether the investigators perused the call details record of Mr. Meiyappan and Mr. Agarwal.
Why the probe is silent on inside information passed on to bookies,
court asks
