Indian Premier League (IPL) Governing Council Chairman Rajiv Shukla and BCCI vice-President Arun Jaitley met Law and Justice Minister Kapil Sibal, and demanded the enactment of a strong anti-fixing legislation at the earliest.
Shukla and Jaitley met Sibal at a time when the Indian cricket paradigm is rocked by the ongoing IPL spot-fixing scandal. The lid was blown off the IPL scam after Rajasthan Royals players S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan - were arrested along with 11 bookies from Mumbai on May 16 for their role in spot-fixing in the ongoing tournament.
The scandal has reached the doorstep of BCCI President N Srinivasan with the Mumbai Police summoning his son-in-law and Chennai Super Kings owner Gurunath Meiyappan for questioning after his name cropped up during the interrogation of betting suspect and Bollywood actor Vindoo Dara Singh. Meanwhile, ignoring Gurunath Meiyappan's request to defer interrogation, the Mumbai Police said they won't grant him any extension and that he has to face them today itself.
