The son-in-law of the most powerful man in Indian cricket is likely to be questioned by police in Mumbai later on Friday as part of investigations into spot-fixing in the Indian Premier League.
Gurunath Meiyappan, whose father-in-law is Board of Control for Cricket in India president Narainswamy Srinivasan, is reported to have been in touch with Bollywood actor Vindoo Randhawa.
Randhawa is alleged to be close to bookmakers at the centre of an ongoing probe.
“We’ve affixed one summons on the door of Meiyappa’s residence (in Chennai),” Mumbai Joint Commissioner of Police Himanshu Roy told reporters.
“A second summons was served at the Chennai Super Kings office to a manager who accepted it. Legally the summons has now been served.”
Meiyappan is the chief executive of the Super Kings IPL team.
Australians Michael Hussey and Ben Hilfenhaus play for the Super Kings, as does Indian captain MS Dhoni.
Test cricketer Shantakumaran Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan were arrested last week for allegedly manipulating certain parts of IPL games for their Rajasthan Royals team and receiving money from bookmakers in return.
Sreesanth has denied his involvement in spot-fixing but charges of cheating, criminal conspiracy and criminal breach of trust have been brought against the three for conceding a fixed minimum number of runs per over in exchange for up to 6 million rupees from bookmakers for every over.
Several bookmakers have been arrested across the country over the past week along with their associates, which include three domestic-level cricketers and Randhawa.
The BCCI said Friday it is keen to see a law to curb spot-fixing.
“The strongest possible law for match-fixing is needed as quickly as possible,” IPL Commissioner and BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla told reporters in New Delhi. “The absence of a proper law is being taken advantage of. We’ve met the law minister and will also be meeting the sports minister in this regard.”