The reports, according to BCCI Vice President Niranjan Shah, found no proof of involvement of the owners in any wrongdoings, on the sideslines of a BCCI Working Committee meeting in Kolkata.
A two-member probe panel of former judges T Jayaram Chouta and R Balasubramanian on Gurunath Meiyappan, has submitted its report, which will be forwarded to the IPL governing council that is set to meet in Kolkata on August 2.
N. Srinivasan, who owns India Cements, had stepped aside as the BCCI chief after his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan was arrested on charges of betting, who is now on bail.
Earlier, Rajasthan Royals co-owner Raj Kundra, also husband of Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty, was questioned on betting by Delhi Police.
The match-fixing scandal has shaken viewers’ faith in IPL matches and led to the arrest of S Sreesanth, Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila.
But Mumbai Police, which has initiated the probe remained silent on the clean chit given to N.Srinivasan but some reports said the probe against his son-in-law Meiyappan and Vindoo Dara Singh will continue. Both Meiyappan and Singh were arrested by the Crime Branch of the Mumbai Police and are out on bail.
Now the ball is in BCCI court to let Srinivasan who had to step aside as BCCI president after Meiyappan was arrested by the Mumbai Police return or not. "It will be discussed in the proper forum which is the IPL GC. The GC will examine the report and take a decision. The copy of the report will be made public in due course," said Jagmohan Dalmiya addressing a press conference in Kolkata on Sunday.
Dalmiya also said since Rajasthan Royals’ player Ajit Chandila is still in police custody, the probe is not fully completed. "We will wait for some time and then proceed accordingly. Sawani is on leave. Let him come back," he said.
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