BCCI chief N Srinivisan had said on Friday that the board will come down like a 'ton of bricks' on the players if they are found guilty of spot-fixing.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India's Working Committee meet in Chennai on Sunday to discuss its course of action on the spot-fixing controversy that has rocked the Indian Premier League and the fans worldwide. The Rajasthan Royals' management team was also summoned at the meet.
The cricket board will hold a press conference later in the day. BCCI chief N Srinivisan had said on Friday that the board will come down like a 'ton of bricks' on the players if they are found guilty of spot-fixing.
We give you the developments on this big story:
* N Srinivasan washes hands of the betting racket and asserts that betting cannot be stopped by the BCCI. It's the job of the police. He also said that if the players are found guilty by the inquiry commission appointed, then strict action will be taken. However it does not blame IPL for the racket and only holds the cricketers responsible for the shame. He also urged the public to support cricket.
* N Srinivsan addresses the media. He confirms that agents will be accredited from now on. Each IPL team will have an appointed Anti Corruption Special Unit Officer and each player can be accessed only through him. BCCI also launches an internal inquiry. Ravi Sawani has been appointed as the commissioner to probe the spot-fixing. All decisions with regard to the fate of the players have been postponed until inquiry ends.
* Meanwhile, Rajasthan Royals is to file FIR against the three arrested players for cheating the public.
* The BCCI news conference will be held at 1pm where the decision regarding the fate of the players may be announced.
* The BCCI has hinted that it will explore legal options against S Sreesanth for breaching contract. A life ban may also be imposed.
* The BCCI's all-powerful working committee meets in Chennai to discuss the fallout of the controversy and decide the future course of action against the three arrested cricketers. The Rajasthan Royals management team has also been summoned.
* The IPL management has said that the "harshest punishment will be meted out" to those found guilty. "BCCI working committee will meet tomorrow in Chennai and the course of action will be decided after the preliminary report is submitted," IPL Commissioner Rajiv Shukla said.
* The Mumbai Police, which raided the hotel on Friday night, recovered a laptop, mobile phones, iPads and cash worth Rs. 72,000 from the two rooms in which Sreesanth and his friend and alleged bookie Jiju Janardhan were staying. Diaries, written in English and Malayalam, were also recovered from the cricketer's room; cops say several of the entries were made by Sreesanth himself. Sreesanth had independently checked into a five-star hotel in suburban Mumbai on May 13, along Jiju, just two days before their arrest. (Read: Highlights of Mumbai Police press conference)
* The seized items, the police say, could offer vital clues in the spot-fixing case. Cops are also examining footage from close circuit television (CCTV) cameras fitted at the hotel for possible leads.
* The Mumbai Police has also arrested six bookies including Ramesh Vyas, which it says is a "prized catch." Vyas, according to police sources, has links with Sunil Dubai, an alleged mediator between bookies and underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's brother Anees Ibrahim. 32 of the 92 phones seized during Vyas's arrest, in fact, had been used for calls, several which have been traced to Dubai and Pakistan. (Read: The D-gang connection)
* The bookie's arrest could help cops track the source of funds which, sources say, could have been routed through hawala channels, which has brought the involvement of the Mumbai underworld under the scanner.
* Earlier, sources in the Delhi Police had said that Sreesanth and Ankeet Chavan, his Royals teammate who was also arrested, had been offered Rs40 lakh and Rs60 lakh respectively. Ankeet was paid some money in advance, and he spent a part of it, sources add. The money is yet to be recovered.
* Teams of Delhi Police's special cell have already been sent to Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, and Kolkata to conduct searches and track the money trail in the spot-fixing case. One of them went to the residence of Rajasthan Royals player Ajit Chandila - who was also arrested - in the Delhi suburb of Faridabad for interrogation.
* The cricketers, sources in the Delhi Police say, were willingly participating in spot-fixing. On Friday, the Delhi Police had said that the trio, during their interrogation, had confessed to spot-fixing in this edition of the IPL. However, these confessions are not admissible in a court of law as they have not been recorded before a magistrate.
* Sources now say all matches involving the Royals in this edition of the IPL are being looked at closely. In fact, the match between Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders on May 3 was also to be fixed, according to sources; the tainted trio, though, did not negotiate for the said match.
* The Delhi Police has also interrogated Amit Singh, a former Rajasthan Royals player who the police suspect was the middleman between bookies and players. He, along with 10 bookies, were arrested on Thursday. Nine more have been arrested in Tamil Nadu since.
* The seized items, the police say, could offer vital clues in the spot-fixing case. Cops are also examining footage from close circuit television (CCTV) cameras fitted at the hotel for possible leads.
* The Mumbai Police has also arrested six bookies including Ramesh Vyas, which it says is a "prized catch." Vyas, according to police sources, has links with Sunil Dubai, an alleged mediator between bookies and underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's brother Anees Ibrahim. 32 of the 92 phones seized during Vyas's arrest, in fact, had been used for calls, several which have been traced to Dubai and Pakistan. (Read: The D-gang connection)
* The bookie's arrest could help cops track the source of funds which, sources say, could have been routed through hawala channels, which has brought the involvement of the Mumbai underworld under the scanner.
* Earlier, sources in the Delhi Police had said that Sreesanth and Ankeet Chavan, his Royals teammate who was also arrested, had been offered Rs40 lakh and Rs60 lakh respectively. Ankeet was paid some money in advance, and he spent a part of it, sources add. The money is yet to be recovered.
* Teams of Delhi Police's special cell have already been sent to Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, and Kolkata to conduct searches and track the money trail in the spot-fixing case. One of them went to the residence of Rajasthan Royals player Ajit Chandila - who was also arrested - in the Delhi suburb of Faridabad for interrogation.
* The cricketers, sources in the Delhi Police say, were willingly participating in spot-fixing. On Friday, the Delhi Police had said that the trio, during their interrogation, had confessed to spot-fixing in this edition of the IPL. However, these confessions are not admissible in a court of law as they have not been recorded before a magistrate.
* Sources now say all matches involving the Royals in this edition of the IPL are being looked at closely. In fact, the match between Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders on May 3 was also to be fixed, according to sources; the tainted trio, though, did not negotiate for the said match.
* The Delhi Police has also interrogated Amit Singh, a former Rajasthan Royals player who the police suspect was the middleman between bookies and players. He, along with 10 bookies, were arrested on Thursday. Nine more have been arrested in Tamil Nadu since.
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