New Delhi: Ajit Chandila of Rajasthan Royals was about to spot fix in another Indian Premier League (IPL) match too, for which he had taken Rs1.5m from a Punjab-based bookie, when he was arrested on May 16, police claimed here yesterday.
During interrogation Chandila has revealed the name of another bookie, Deepak Kumar, 35, a resident of Patiala, in Punjab.
“Kumar contacted Chandila on April 4 and a meeting was held between them in a Chandigarh hotel for spot fixing in the match played between Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad on May 17 in Hyderabad. In this match, he was supposed to play,” said a Delhi Police officer.
Chandila also received Rs1.5m from Kumar, who is a property dealer.
He took money for bowling a manipulated over in a match against Sunrisers Hyderabad but was arrested on May 16, investigators claimed yesterday.
This is a third set of bookies running the spot fixing racket during the IPL matches this season.
Delhi Police have claimed that “four sets” of people involved in spot fixing racket have surfaced during the interrogation of three Rajasthan Royals players S Sreesanth, Chandila and Ankeet Chavan and 15 bookies who were arrested from Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Delhi.
Chandresh Patel, Manan and Amit Singh were in the first set of bookies. The second set of bookies includes Sunil Bhatia, Kiran Dole, Pinku and Ramakant Aggarwal. Deepak Kumar was among the third set of bookies with an absconding bookie.
Disgraced cricketer Ajit Chandila was allegedly paid at least Rs4.9m by bookies for spot fixing in IPL matches this season.
The three arrested players
S Sreesanth, Chandila and Ankeet Chavan over a period of time spoke to some of the bookies, they claimed. But they could not do so as they were arrested a day earlier.
This would have been the fifth match targetted by the bookies for spot fixing, the previous ones being the matches on May 5, 9, 12 and 15.
The spot fixing could not happen in the May 12 match as the two players whom the bookies roped in could not play the match.
At least 18 people, three IPL players, four former players and 11 bookies and their assistants have been arrested since last Thursday in connection with the scandal.
On Chandila, the official said he received Rs2.5m for the
May 5 match from a set of bookies and Rs1.5m for the May 17 match from another set. However, he could not execute the plan as the bookies and players were arrested a day before.
Chandila also allegedly received Rs.9 lakh from another set of bookie.
IANS
