Not done any wrong but hounded like a criminal,Srinivasan told members at meet

'If Gurunath has done something wrong,the law will take its own course and I will accept it'

Indian cricket board president N Srinivasan’s opening remarks at the emergent working committee meeting in Chennai on Sunday,in which he detailed the trauma he and his family faced following the arrest of his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan for alleged betting in the IPL spot-fixing row,reportedly turned the tide in his favour.

If Gurunath has done something wrong,the law will take its own course and I will accept it, said Srinivasan,as he addressed the working committee members.

Tell me why should I resign? Srinivasan asked. It is not me who has done anything wrong. I have been under terrible pressure. People have been talking non-stop. I have been portrayed as the main guy behind this (betting scandal). I said in Kolkata last week that I am ready to appoint a commission that will independently inquire into the betting and spot-fixing scandal. I have not done anything wrong, he added.

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I am being hounded by the media as if I am a criminal. They are chasing me as if I am the culprit. The other day,they chased my daughters car when she went to the market. I am fed up with this,they are chasing me even during my morning walk, said Srinivasan.

The members gave him a patient hearing while he spoke,with none of them interrupting him.

Before the start of the meeting,Srinivasan met each member individually and tried to impress on them how difficult the past week has been for him. He was seen sitting in the lobby of the hotel at which the meeting was held,and talking to BCCI vice-president Sudhir Dabir and Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) president Ravi Savant.

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