in may 2013, gurunath meiyappan, son-in-law of srinivasan, was arrested by mumbai police on charges of placing bets on ipl matches meiyappan, who was the team principal of the super kings, was issued a summons by the mumbai police and on interrogation it was found that meiyappan was in contact with bookies through actor vindu dara singh. following this, srinivasan, on 2 june 2013, decided to step aside as bcci president temporarily until the inquiry into the betting case completed. in february 2014, the three member panel appointed by the supreme court of india enquired into the betting case indicted meiyappan for illegal betting during the 2013 ipl.