Sreesanth, two others arrested of Spot fixing in IPL
New Delhi: Special cell of Delhi Police on Thursday have arrested cricketer S Sreesant, Ajit Chandila and Ankit Chavan for spot fixing in three Indian Premiere League match.
all three cricketer belongs to Rajasthan Royals franchise, Later in the evening, all of them sent to police custody for five days by a court in connection with the IPL spot-fixing scandal case.
others to unearth the entire conspiracy relating to spot- fixing in three IPL matches involving Rajasthan Royals.
Public Prosecutor Rajiv Mohan, appearing for Delhi police, sought police custody of all the accused for confronting them with each other and with electronic evidence, including their laptops, collected during the discreet probe.
Sreesanth and two other cricketers were arrested in a post-midnight operation in Mumbai last night by Delhi police for spot-fixing in IPL matches for payments of upto Rs 60 lakhs just for giving away pre-determined number of runs in an over.
It said that the cricketers indulged in spot-fixing in at least three IPL matches as per arrangements with bookies who have underworld connections abroad.
The players, who have been suspended by the BCCI, have been booked under section 420 (cheating) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC.
Advocate Rajiv Shankar Trivedi, appearing for Chavan and Chandila, claimed his clients were innocent.
“The prosecution has shown some evidence. They have claimed they have recovered various mobile phones, laptops, etc from their possession. They have also claimed that money changed hands. We are not seeing any such thing,” the lawyer said.
The names of players emerged during the conversations between two bookies and on this basis, the cricketers were implicated in the case, he said.
