Investigations in the IPL spot-fixing case have revealed that three groups of bookies gave money to Ajit Chandila to manipulate the game between Rajasthan Royals and Hyderabad Sunrisers on May 17. But a day before the match, Chandila and his teammates S Sreesanth and Ankeet Chavan were nabbed by the Delhi Police.
According to the police, Chandila was allegedly paid a total of Rs49 lakh in three instalments for spot-fixing during the league. He was first contacted by a bookie named Deepak Kumar, who paid him Rs15 lakh in cash in Chandigarh on April 4. The Delhi Police is reportedly looking for another bookie, on whose insistence Kumar contacted the players and subsequently made the payments.
Police also claimed that another bookie, Sunil Bhatia, who is the caretaker of a temple in Nagpur, got in touch with Baburao Yadav, a domestic cricketer, and lured him into the betting syndicate.
Bhatia, who is well-known in the international betting circuit, also travelled to Bangladesh with Yadav in 2009 and promised him an entry in the Bangladesh domestic league. “He claims to know a senior Bangladeshi player and other international players,” said an investigating official. However, his plans were disrupted when he was spotted by the ICC’s anti-corruption officials and had to flee from the country immediately. The investigators suspect that Bhatia could be involved in fixing matches of the Bangladesh Premier League, which was started in 2012, as well.
The May 17 match between Rajasthan and Hyderabad was the fifth match targeted by the bookies for spot-fixing. The previous ones include Rajasthan’s matches on May 5, 9, 12 and 15. However, the spot-fixing could not take place on May 12 as the two players who bookies roped in did not play the match
According to the police, Chandila was allegedly paid a total of Rs49 lakh in three instalments for spot-fixing during the league. He was first contacted by a bookie named Deepak Kumar, who paid him Rs15 lakh in cash in Chandigarh on April 4. The Delhi Police is reportedly looking for another bookie, on whose insistence Kumar contacted the players and subsequently made the payments.
Police also claimed that another bookie, Sunil Bhatia, who is the caretaker of a temple in Nagpur, got in touch with Baburao Yadav, a domestic cricketer, and lured him into the betting syndicate.
Bhatia, who is well-known in the international betting circuit, also travelled to Bangladesh with Yadav in 2009 and promised him an entry in the Bangladesh domestic league. “He claims to know a senior Bangladeshi player and other international players,” said an investigating official. However, his plans were disrupted when he was spotted by the ICC’s anti-corruption officials and had to flee from the country immediately. The investigators suspect that Bhatia could be involved in fixing matches of the Bangladesh Premier League, which was started in 2012, as well.
The May 17 match between Rajasthan and Hyderabad was the fifth match targeted by the bookies for spot-fixing. The previous ones include Rajasthan’s matches on May 5, 9, 12 and 15. However, the spot-fixing could not take place on May 12 as the two players who bookies roped in did not play the match
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