BJP calls for special investigation team to probe spot fixing in cricket

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday said that a special investigation team (SIT) should be formulated to probe the spot-fixing accusations, currently gripping the money-spinning cricket league.

"A special investigation team should be formed, infact it should have been formed by now, it should have been formed on the day this scam emerged," said BJP spokesperson, Vijay Sonkar Shastri.

"We are seeing that continuously people associated with the IPL, its administrators are facing the heat. They need to take strong action and ban all the guilty players. Also the BCCI should form strong laws to prevent such things from happening," he added.

Indian cricket has been thrown into disarray because of the IPL spot-fixing scandal, which led to the arrest of three players, including former Test player S Sreesanth, and several bookies with underworld connections.

The scandal has reached the doorstep of BCCI President N Srinivasan, with 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.

BJP MP and former cricketer, Kirti Azad said that if the charges against Gurunath were proved, it would be a sad day for Indian cricket.

"It is quite unfortunate that now we are listening that the son-in-law of the honourable president of the board is allegedly involved in match-fixing and if that comes out true, I think it will be the worst day, the darkest day in the history of Indian cricket," said Azad.