Spot-fixing: Rajasthan Royals file FIR against Sreesanth, Chandila and Chavan for violating contract

Reported by Tanima Biswas, Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Monday May 20, 2013, New Delhi

IPL franchise Rajasthan Royals has filed an FIR against its three arrested players for violating their contract. S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan were arrested on Thursday for allegedly spot-fixing during matches in the on-going season. The IPL franchise has also suspended their contracts pending inquiry.

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Top 10 points from India-China's joint statement

Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Monday May 20, 2013, New Delhi

Visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held formal talks in New Delhi today and briefed the press. Both sides reaffirmed their commitment to areas of mutual concern with particular focus on border issues. Dr Singh said that there had been an agreement that peace at the border must be preserved and that lessons had been learnt from the recent incident on Western sector, referring to the incursion in Ladakh. Premier Li stressed on the need for sincere dialogue.

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Spot-fixing: BCCI to send anti-corruption official with team for Champions Trophy

Reported by Tanima Biswas, Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Monday May 20, 2013, New Delhi

Rs 20 lakh were reportedly recovered by the Delhi Police today in a raid at the residence of a relative of arrested player Ajit Chandila. Police sources claimed that Chandila during his interrogation had told the cops that a part of the cash he received for spot-fixing was stashed in his kit back at a relative's house. The cricketer had reportedly accompanied the police during the raid at his aunt's house near Delhi last night. Chandila was in touch with not one, but four sets of bookies and was willing to be available for fixing matches, according to sources.

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IPL spot-fixing: Enforcement Directorate to probe whether there was money laundering

Reported by Tanima Biswas, Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Monday May 20, 2013, New Delhi

Officials from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) will also probe the spot-fixing case to find out if there was any money laundering involved. Along with the ED and the Delhi and Mumbai Police, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is also conducting an internal inquiry into the scandal that has rocked the on-going sixth edition of the Indian Premiere League. Ravi Sawani, the chief of the BCCI's anti-corruption wing, will meet with the Delhi Police today.

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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang visits India: What Indian and Chinese delegations would be discussing

Reuters | Monday May 20, 2013, New Delhi

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told visiting Chinese President Li Keqiang on Sunday a recent military standoff in the Himalayas could affect relations between the two countries as they looked to boost bilateral trade. The latest incident distracted diplomats' attention from negotiations on investment and trade ahead of Li's trip and soured Indian public opinion toward China.

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Spot-fixing probe: Former Ranji player Manish Budewa among three fresh arrests

Reported by Sonal Mehrotra, Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Sunday May 19, 2013, New Delhi

The Delhi Police yesterday made three fresh arrests in the spot-fixing case which include a former Ranji player. Manish Guddewar, 32, used to play the Ranji Trophy for Vidarbha from 2003 to 2005. He has known Ajit Chandila since 2000 and used to practice cricket with the tainted Rajasthan Royals player. Sources say it was Guddewar who got Chandila in touch with other bookies. He was arrested from Aurangabad and will be produced in court later today.

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BCCI's Working Committee meets to discuss IPL spot-fixing

Reported by Saurabh Gupta, Tanima Biswas, Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Sunday May 19, 2013, New Delhi/Mumbai/Chennai

The Board of Control for Cricket in India's Working Committee is meeting in Chennai to discuss its course of action on the spot-fixing controversy that has rocked the sixth edition of the Indian Premier League. Sources say the meeting may be extended till tomorrow. The cricket board will hold a press conference later in the day. BCCI chief N Srinivasan had told NDTV on Friday that the board will come down like a 'ton of bricks' on the players if they are found guilty of spot-fixing.

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Sreesanth's laptop, iPad seized by Mumbai Police from hotel where he checked into with bookie

Reported by Saurabh Gupta, Tanima Biswas, Edited by Mala Das | Saturday May 18, 2013, Mumbai/New Delhi

Cricketer S Sreesanth had independently checked into a five-star hotel in suburban Mumbai on May 13, alongwith friend and alleged bookie Jiju Janardhan, just two days before they were arrested over allegations of spot-fixing in the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), the Mumbai Police said today. Jiju is the person who was allegedly dealing with other bookies on Sreesanth's behalf, police sources have said.

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Sreesanth, bookie Jiju Janardhan checked into 5-star hotel in Mumbai; cash worth Rs 72,000 recovered

Reported by Saurabh Gupta, Tanima Biswas, Edited by Mala Das | Saturday May 18, 2013, Mumbai/New Delhi

Cricketer S Sreesanth had independently checked into a five-star hotel in suburban Mumbai on May 13, alongwith friend and alleged bookie Jiju Janardhan, just two days before they were arrested over allegations of spot-fixing in the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), the Mumbai Police said today. Jiju is the person who was allegedly dealing with other bookies on Sreesanth's behalf, police sources have said.

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IPL spot-fixing: Delhi Police teams fan out across country to track money trail

Reported by Tanima Biswas, Edited by Sindhu Manjesh | Saturday May 18, 2013, New Delhi

Teams of Delhi Police's special cell have been sent to Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, and Kolkata to conduct searches and track the money trail in the IPL spot-fixing case. One of them has reached cricketer Ajit Chandila's house in Faridabad for interrogation. Sources say that some of the alleged bookies who are in Delhi Police's custody have been taken along to help the cops gather evidence.

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