June 4, 2013 5:47 PM

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IPL spot fixing: Delhi court extends till June 18 judicial custody of Sreesanth, 22 others

A Delhi court today extended till June 18 judicial custody of pacer S Sreesanth and 22 others in the IPL spot fixing case after Delhi Police informed the court that Maharashtra Control of Orgtanised Crime Act, MCOCA provisions have been invoked against them. Police invoked MCOCA against all the 26 accused as they were allegedly facilitating the illegal acts of the underworld. Out of the 26 accused, IPL player Ankeet Chavan and Sreesanth's friend Abhishek Shukla are out on bail and co-accused Ashwani Aggarwal has been sent to Mumbai on a production warrant issued by a court there. According to the provisions of MCOCA, confessions made before an officer of the rank above Deputy Commissioner of Polce are admissible as evidence in a court of law. Instead of a magisterial court, Additional Sessions Judge Sanjeev Jain will now hear the bail applications of 16 accused as MCOCA has been invoked.In a related development, Actor Vindoo Dara Singh and Chennai Super Kings or CSK principal Gurunath Meiyappan, arrested in connection with the IPL spot-fixing and betting scandal, were today granted bail by a Mumbai court.Besides Vindoo and Meiyappan, the son-in-law of N Srinivasan who recently stepped aside as BCCI president, sixbookies too were granted bail on a bond of 25,000 rupees each. They had moved the bail applications yesterday after the metropolitan magistrate remanded them in judicial custody till June 14.The court also asked all of them to not leave the country and report to the Crime Branch every alternate day.Meiyappan was arrested on the night of May 25 for his alleged involvement in the IPL betting scandal.He was in the eye of a storm after actor and TV reality show winner Vindoo, arrested on May 22 for his alleged links with bookies, admitted to having placed bets on his behalf.

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