29 May 2013
Chennai: The deadline set by the Tamil Nadupolice for Chennai-based hotelier Vikram Aggarwal alias Victor to
surrender ended this morning. He has missed the deadline set for 10 AM.
Mr Aggarwal, the police say, has been active in betting circles and was
the person who introduced small-time actor Vindoo Dara Singh to Gurunath
Meiyappan. Both the actor and Mr Meiyappan are in police custody and
are being interrogated over their role in betting on Indian Premier
League or IPL matches.Meanwhile, the Madras High Court will today resume hearing on the anticipatory bail plea filed by the hotelier. Mr Aggarwal owns a franchise of Hotel Radisson Blu and other properties.
A few days ago, the police said that investigations are on to find out why Mr Aggarwal's wife telephoned a cricket bookie, now under arrest, over a 100 times.The police said that the hotelier, known as Victor in betting circles, used the phone connection in his wife's name to get in touch with the bookies.
Sources in the hotel industry say they do not know much about Mr Aggarwal. "Originally he was in the construction business and then he became a hotelier. He has two hotel properties - the 129-room Fortune Select Palms and the 162-room Radisson Blu Hotel City Centre. He was a new hotelier from nowhere," a hotel
