A Supreme Court appointed committee has found BCCI's chief N Srinivasan's son-in law Gurunath Meiyappan involved in betting.

A report of the three-member committee headed by former Punjab and Haryana Chief Justice Mukul Mudgal said, the role of Gurunath Meiyappan in Chennai Super Kings (CSK) as the team official stands proved and the allegations of betting and passing of information against Meiyappan stand proved.

The committee, also comprising Additional Solicitor General N Nagehswar Rao and Assam Cricket Association member Nilay Dutta however said, the allegations of fixing require further investigation.

The committee's report comes two days ahead of the auction in Bangalore for the high-profile IPL tournament this year and raises questions on the status of the CSK as Meiyappan was the Team Principal of CSK, though Srinivasan claimed he was only a cricket enthusiast.

The committee which was asked to give a report, was appointed by a bench of justices A K Patnaik and J S Kehar to probe the allegation of betting and spot-fixing against Meiyappan and owners of Rajasthan Royals.

The report also dealt with the allegations of betting and spot fixing against Rajashthan Royals' Raj Kundra and said it need to be further investigated.

The court was hearing cross appeals filed by BCCI and Cricket Association of Bihar (CAB) challenging Bombay High Court's order which had declared the BCCI's probe panel in the scandal as illegal.

The three-member committee also stated that Meiyappan indulged in betting through Bindoo Dara Singh, who was in direct touch with the bookies and punters like Vikram Aggarwal.

The committee also took note of the issue of conflict of interest raised against Srinivasan, saying it was serious but left it for the Supreme Court to consider it.

The committee has come down heavily on Mumbai police for not willing to investigate involvement of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and for protecting lots of persons involved in the betting syndicate.

Probe by Mumbai Police in the scandal was sharply cricised by a three-member apex court panel and raised questions on why police allowed a Pakistani umpire to leave the country when it knew about his involvement in the scam.

Mumbai police admitted that protection by the underworld is essential to run the organised betting syndicate in Mumbai.

The police failed to inform the panel as to which gang give this protection to the betting operation.