Distancing itself from Gurunath Meiyappan after his name cropped up in IPL spot-fixing probe, Chennai Super Kings owner India Cements on Friday said he is neither owner, nor CEO or Team Principal of CSK and promised strict action against anyone found guilty.<br /><br />BCCI chief N. Srinivasan is the MD of India Cements and Mr. Meiyappan is his son-in-law.<br /><br />"Meiyappan is neither owner, nor CEO or Team Principal of IPL Franchise Chennai Super Kings (CSK)," India Cements executive president T.S. Raghupathy said in a statement.<br /><br />"Gurunath is only one of the Members (Honorary) of the Management Team of Chennai Super Kings", he said.<br /><br />The company said it would assure full co-operation with BCCI and law enforcement authorities on the ongoing probe into the IPL scandal.<br /><br />Police had stated in Mumbai on May 23 that Vindoo, son of actor Dara Singh, had revealed during questioning he came to know Mr. Meiyappan, hailing from a well to do south Indian family which is into film production, five to six years ago at a party for cricketers and was in touch with him since then.<br /><br />The actor also reportedly claimed he had made many calls to Mr. Meiyappan following which Mr. Meiyappan has been summoned by Mumbai Police.
