IPL fixing scandal: Vindu Dara Singh and Gurunath Meiyappan granted bail

After being arrested for alleged involvement in fixing IPL matches, Vindu Dara Singh and Gurunath Meiyappan, who is the son in law of BCCI president and Managing Director of India Cements Limited, N Srinivasan, have been granted bail.

Besides Vindu and Meiyappan, six bookies too were bailed for Rs.25,000 each. The court asked all of them not to leave the country and report to the Crime Branch every alternate day.

Vindu, 49, is the son of famous wrestler turned actor late Dara Singh and has himself worked in some Bollywood movies as well.

The arrest of Meiyappan came after Indian pacer S Sreesanth and his two Rajasthan Royals teammates – Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila – were taken into custody.