No information on ICC warning - Srinivasan

BCCI president N Srinivasan has denied knowledge of a reported ICC warning to the board about his son-in-law and top Chennai Super Kings official Gurunath Meiyappan, who is now under arrest on charges of betting.

"I have no information on the ICC warning about Gurunath Meiyappan," Srinivasan told NDTV. He also told PTI that he had checked with other BCCI officials and no such warning had been received.

Srinivasan's response was in reaction to widespread television reports in India that, in a transcript of a recorded conversation, Gurunath had told Vindoo Dara Singh, an actor also arrested for alleged contact with bookies, that the ICC had warned the BCCI about his activities at the start of IPL 2013.

On Friday, before reports of the ICC warning emerged, a Mumbai court ruled, for the second time since their arrest, that Gurunath and Vindoo would have to remain in police custody until June 3. That news came after a third suspect with alleged links to Gurunath and Vindoo - a Chennai hotelier who had been summoned by police - appeared before the Mumbai Police on Friday.

Gurunath was arrested by Mumbai Police on charges of cheating, forgery and fraud on May 24, after being summoned to Mumbai for questioning over alleged betting and links to bookies. Police investigations suggested that Vindoo and Gurunath were in frequent telephonic contact. Vindoo was also seen in the CSK box at IPL matches.

Gurunath's arrest heaped plenty of pressure on his father-in-law Srinivasan to step down as BCCI president. Srinivasan has so far insisted that he won't quit as he had personally done nothing wrong.

The Chennai Super Kings has also tried to distance itself from Gurunath, who was pretty much the face of the franchise till his arrest. Gurunath was suspended by the BCCI "from any involvement in the sport of cricket and in particular from any involvement with the Chennai Super Kings team" pending further investigations.

The IPL governing council had also appointed a three-member committee, including two independents, to look into the complaints against Gurunath and India Cements, the owner of the Super Kings franchise.