IPL Probe panel submits report to SC

Justice Mukul Mudgal panel has submitted spot fixing report to the Supreme Court here on Monday.

Television reports indicate that IPL sport fixing scam report has been submitted in a sealed cover.

The report has been submitted almost six months after the apex court had asked Indian Police Service officer B.B. Mishra and the police departments in Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai to assist the investigation.

The Supreme Court had then felt the need to dig deeper for information on the scam after the Mudgal panel's preliminary report had mentioned the names of 13 important cricket officials and players in a sealed envelope, against whom allegations ranging from corruption to conflict of interest had been made.

Mishra, assisted by a team of police investigators in the last few months, has had extensive interactions with top players, including Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, agents of cricketers and Board of Control of Cricket in India functionaries.

They were questioned about IPL Season Six, their corporate partnerships, business interests and power wielded by franchise officials.

Dhoni was specifically asked about Gurunath Meiyappan's role in the IPL team Chennai Super Kings (CSK).

Meiyappan, who is the son-in-law of ICC chairman N Srinivasan, was arrested over allegations of betting on IPL games.

Aided by fresh evidence, the final report is expected to confirm that Meiyappan was an important Chennai Super Kings (CSK) official and that he was involved in betting during 2013 IPL.

The next Supreme Court date of hearing of the case is November 10.

Meanwhile, the Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI's) annual general meeting is scheduled to be held on November 20.

The outcome of the Mudgal Committee report is expected to have an impact on the voting pattern and on Srinivasan's future as a cricket administrator.