Mumbai police on Sunday 'confronted' CSK Team Principal Gurunath Meiyappan with actor Vindu Dara Singh during questioning about IPL betting rackets.<br /><br />According to Crime branch sources, Gurunath told the investigators that it was Vindu who introduced him to betting.<br /><br />Police also collected Gurunath's voice sample for verification of his alleged telephonic conversations with Vindu.<br /><br />"Gurunath and Vindu were on Sunday made to sit face-to-face and were questioned," a senior Crime branch official said.<br /><br />After his arrest on May 21, Vindu allegedly told the police that he placed bets on Meiyappan's behalf. Meiyappan, son-in-law of BCCI president N. Srinivasan, was arrested on Friday. He would remain in police custody till May 29.<br /><br />Vindu was allegedly in "frequent touch" with Meiyappan during the IPL matches. He has reportedly told the Crime branch sleuths that Meiyappan had lost Rs.1 crore in betting.<br /><br />While seeking Gurunath's custody on Saturday, Crime branch had told the court that he had placed huge bets on IPL matches after fixing them. "First, a particular match was fixed, then Gurunath used to place huge bets on those matches," the police's remand application said.
