The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Tuesday constituted a three-man inquiry commission, that included two retired High Court judges, to look into allegations against Gurunath Meiyappan — son-in-law of board chief N. Srinivasan — who has been arrested on charges of betting on IPL-6 matches.
Justice T. Jayaram Chouta, former Judge of the Karnataka and Madras High Courts, Justice R. Balasubramanian, former Judge of the Madras High Court, and board secretary Sanjay Jagdale were named members of the Commission, which will also probe into allegations against three players of the Rajasthan Royals team and its franchise as well as the Chennai Super Kings, of which Meiyappan was the team principal.
“The IPL Governing Council today appointed a three-member Commission with two Independent Members to enquire into the complaints of the BCCI against the following persons/entities — Gurunath Meiyappan; India Cements Ltd. The owner of the Chennai Super Kings Franchise; Jaipur IPL Pvt. Ltd. The owner of the Rajasthan Royals Franchise,” Jagdale said in a statement.
The BCCI release said the commission will initiate the adjudication proceedings at the earliest.
Srinivasan, who has rejected calls for his resignation in the wake of the arrest of Meiyappan, had announced on Sunday that an inquiry will be constituted to probe the charges against his son-in-law.
He had also said the same procedures would apply in the case of Rajasthan Royals players S. Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan, who have been arrested on charges of spot-fixing in the T20 extravaganza.