Rajasthan Royals off-spinner Ajit Chandila had allegedly received Rs 15 lakh from bookies as an advance last month to 'fix' an over in the May 17 game against Hyderabad Sunrisers, top police sources say.
But he could not carry out his plans because he was arrested on May 16.
The Faridabad cricketer had allegedly made an additional Rs 12 lakh in an IPL game last year. This confirms that the illegal money-making racket was prevalent in IPL 5 too and had gone unnoticed by ICC's anti-corruption unit and other law enforcement agencies last year.
Overall, Chandila allegedly pocketed a cool Rs 49 lakh working for three different gangs of bookies in this year's IPL. He was also in cahoots with a fourth group of bookies whose details are not known yet, sources say.
Chandila's total earnings through unfair practices spread over two IPL seasons added up to at least Rs 61 lakh but he had to return Rs 20 lakh from this sum for having forgotten to signal the bookie in the game against Pune Warriors on May 5.
A top Special Cell officer of Delhi Police said that the spinner had met bookie Deepak Kumar alias Rocky in Chandigarh on April 4 and struck the deal to fix the May 17 game. The reason why he struck a deal for a game being played so late in the season was simple: he had already 'spot-fixed' the earlier games with other bookies.
Investigations have revealed that Deepak was approached by a top bookie with D Company connections to get the deal done with Chandila. "We are looking for this man and hence do not want to divulge his name," said the officer.
Cops have given out details of Chandila's dealings with three sets of bookies. "He received Rs 25 lakh from the Sunil Bhatia group. That includes Kiran Dole and Ranji cricketer Baburao Yadav, this year. He had received Rs 12 lakh from the same group last year. Similarly, he accepted Rs 15 lakh from Deepak's group and another Rs 9 lakh from the Chandresh Patel-Mannan and Ajit Singh group."
According to the ongoing probe, the May 17 match was the fifth IPL game that was targeted by the bookies for spot-fixing this year; the previous ones being the matches on May 5, 9, 12 and 15. The spot-fixing could not take place on the May 12 match as the two players whom bookies roped in did not play, a senior police official said.
But he could not carry out his plans because he was arrested on May 16.
The Faridabad cricketer had allegedly made an additional Rs 12 lakh in an IPL game last year. This confirms that the illegal money-making racket was prevalent in IPL 5 too and had gone unnoticed by ICC's anti-corruption unit and other law enforcement agencies last year.
Overall, Chandila allegedly pocketed a cool Rs 49 lakh working for three different gangs of bookies in this year's IPL. He was also in cahoots with a fourth group of bookies whose details are not known yet, sources say.
Chandila's total earnings through unfair practices spread over two IPL seasons added up to at least Rs 61 lakh but he had to return Rs 20 lakh from this sum for having forgotten to signal the bookie in the game against Pune Warriors on May 5.
A top Special Cell officer of Delhi Police said that the spinner had met bookie Deepak Kumar alias Rocky in Chandigarh on April 4 and struck the deal to fix the May 17 game. The reason why he struck a deal for a game being played so late in the season was simple: he had already 'spot-fixed' the earlier games with other bookies.
Investigations have revealed that Deepak was approached by a top bookie with D Company connections to get the deal done with Chandila. "We are looking for this man and hence do not want to divulge his name," said the officer.
Cops have given out details of Chandila's dealings with three sets of bookies. "He received Rs 25 lakh from the Sunil Bhatia group. That includes Kiran Dole and Ranji cricketer Baburao Yadav, this year. He had received Rs 12 lakh from the same group last year. Similarly, he accepted Rs 15 lakh from Deepak's group and another Rs 9 lakh from the Chandresh Patel-Mannan and Ajit Singh group."
According to the ongoing probe, the May 17 match was the fifth IPL game that was targeted by the bookies for spot-fixing this year; the previous ones being the matches on May 5, 9, 12 and 15. The spot-fixing could not take place on the May 12 match as the two players whom bookies roped in did not play, a senior police official said.
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