The spot-fixing scandal has uncovered a huge sleaze scam that was fooling with the emotions of two billion people. With more arrests everyday, the ongoing edition of IPL gets murkier and the future of cricket looks dense.The massive spot-fixing scandal, that has cast a shadow on the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), is getting murkier every day, with more people - cricketers and alleged bookies - being arrested by the police.
18 people have been arrested so far.
Developments—as they happen—on this big story:
* Police invoked a stringent section pertaining to criminal breach of trust against the players and bookies arrested in the IPL spot-fixing scandal which could land them in jail for life. Investigators added Section 409 (criminal breach of trust) to the case against 18 players and bookies arrested in the scandal after IPL franchise Rajasthan Royals filed a formal complaint with Delhi Police. Police had earlier registered a case of cheating and criminal conspiracy.
* Law minister Kapil Sibal meets sports minister Jitendra Singh to discuss new anti-fixing law.
* Court remands S. Sreesanth, his Rajasthan Royals teammates Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila, and eight bookies to additional five days in police custody. Metropolitan Magistrate Saumya Chauhan granted police custody of the players and the bookies till May 26 when they were presented before court at the end of their earlier police remand.
* The court also sent to 14 days' judicial custody five other bookies, after the prosecution said they were no longer needed for further interrogation.
* Mumbai police has recovered Rs 1 crore 28 laksh from Alpesh Patel. Himanshu Roy confirms Vindoo Dara Singh's arrest alleging that he has been in contact with Jupiter.
* The Delhi police seeks the custody of Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila, Ankit Chavan and eight others for five more days in court in IPL spot-fixing scandal.
* Provision of criminal breach of trust, which entails life imprisonment, has been invoked against the accused, police tell court
* Sreesanth's counsel opposes plea for 5 days more police custody and invocation of criminal breach of trust against him.
* Sreesanth spent ill-gotten gains on girlfriend, bought her phone worth Rs42,000
* Tainted cricketer S Sreesanth on Tuesday revealed what he did with spot-fixing money. He spent the money on his girlfriend, buying her an expensive smartphone worth Rs42,000, according to a report.
* The cricketer had also purchased clothes worth Rs1.95 lakh in a single day in Mumbai before the May 15 IPL match, the Delhi Police said. He had made cash payment for the clothes.
* Sreesanth to face charges of criminal breach of trust under Sec.409 of IPC in spot-fixing scandal. PTI
* Singh has been sent to police custody till 24th May. He has been booked under section IPC 420, 465, 466, 476 amd 468.
* Vindoo Dara Singh used to extract information from cricketers by hanging out with them. He used his persona and might have been a middleman between bookies and cricketer, according TV reports.
* Vindoo Dara Singh will be produced in court . He was arrested last night from Juhu residence.
* Vindoo Dara Singh has been arrested by the Mumbai crime branch for alleged bookie link. His arrest follows after Ramesh Vyas who is linked to the key bookie Jupiter. This is the first Bollywood link to the scam.
* The Crime Branch today arrested the alleged kingpin in the IPL betting racket while conducting searches here. Police conducted searches at the house of the alleged kingpin Prashanth and recovered some mobile phones and laptop besides some documents and cash. Police did not elaborate on the seizure but said they would seek his custody for further interrogation. Searches were also conducted at the houses of two other 'absconding' bookies, they said.
* The players are now headed towards the Saket court.
* Supreme Court urges the BCCI to look into the matter as priority and asserts that it's a gentleman's game that has a massive emotional appeal of the public and therefore if the accused are found guilty, strict action must be taken.
* Supreme Court refuses any ban on IPL matches. The apex court pulls up BCCI and tells them to take responsibility for the irregularities in the Indian Premier League. Also demands for the inquiry committee headed by Ravi Sawani to submit their report in 15 days.
* The Rajasthan Royals chairman's meeting with the Delhi police special cell cops has come to an end. Meeting details not revealed yet
* The Delhi police will be probing the previous IPL to ascertain if spot-fixing happened then.
* All accused will appear in Saket court in Delhi today. Sreesanth is going to apply for bail and the Delhi police will apply for additional custody.
* At 2 pm, the Supreme Court will hear a plea seeking a stay on all remaining IPL matches. The petitioner also wants a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the scam.
* So far, 18 people have been arrested from different cities in the massive scandal. The latest cricketer to be arrested is Baburao Yadav, a former Ranji player. He is accused of introducing an alleged bookie, who has now been arrested, to Ajit Chandila.
* In a lower court where the players will be produced, the Delhi Police is likely to state that it needs more time to interrogate them as it wants to confront them with the bookies who have been recently apprehended, sources say.
* The Delhi Police team is also likely to tell the court that names of several more cricketers and allegations of spot-fixing in previous IPL editions have come up during its interrogation. It will appeal to the court to grant it more time to verify these allegations.
* Former Ranji player Baburao Yadav was arrested in connection with the IPL spot-fixing scandal.Yadav, who was picked up from Delhi on Monday and questioned for his links with arrested player Ajit Chandila, has been placed under arrest, police sources said. It was Yadav who allegedly introduced Chandila to bookie Sunil Bhatia, who is already arrested, they said.
* BCCI's anti-corruption unit chief Ravi Sawani, who has been asked to head the probe in spot-fixing by the cricketing body, had held a meeting with Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar yesterday and other top officials and offered all help.
* Sreesanth, Chandila and Ankeet Chavan were interrogated for the fifth straight day by the Delhi Police. They were also questioned together for the first time. Sources say all three confessed to their crime, but blamed each other for dragging them into spot-fixing.
* During his interrogation, Chandila reportedly told cops that a part of the cash he received for spot-fixing was stashed at a relative's house. Later, in a raid at his relative's residence, the Delhi Police reportedly found Rs. 20 lakh in cash hidden in his cricket kit.
* The BCCI had already suspended the disgraced trio pending further enquiry. It was learnt that if the players were found guilty, they would be banned for life from playing all forms of cricket.
* IPL franchise Rajasthan Royals has suspended the contracts of the three players pending inquiry. It has also filed an FIR against its three arrested players for violating their contract. The chairman of the franchise, Ranjit Barthakur, met a special cell team in Delhi.
* Law Minister Kapil Sibal emphasised that there was a need for a separate law to deal with the menace of match-fixing and spot-fixing. The minister also suggested that the government could introduce this as early as the Monsoon Session of Parliament.
* The Delhi Police has collected voice samples of the three suspended Rajasthan Royals players. Cops will now match the samples with the recorded conversations. They say they have enough evidence to make a strong case against the three arrested players.
* The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), which is conducting an internal inquiry into the spot-fixing scandal, has said it would send an anti-corruption official with the team during the Champions Trophy to be held in England next month. An inquiry committee headed by Ravi Sawani has been appointed to look into the scandal
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