IPS Officer Vivek Priyadarshi to lead IPL scam probe team

By NewsGram Staff Writer

The Supreme Court has appointed IPS Officer Vivek Priyadarshi as the head of investigating team that is assisting Former Chief Justice R.M Lodha in determining the role of BCCI Official Sunder Raman in 2013 IPL betting and spot fixing scam.

After the announcement of IPS Officer B.B Mishra's retirement the apex court bench of Justice Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla and Justice T.S Thakur passed the order to appoint Priyadarshi as the new head of the investigative team on Friday.

Priyadarshi is presently posted as Superintendent of Police (Anti-Corruption) with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

He will be taking charge of his new responsibility along with the charge of Superintendent of Police (Anti-Corruption) with CBI.