Cricket betting racket: Cops identify 29 bookies behind ‘larger’ syndicate

ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 Final: The final of the ICC World Cup 2023 will be played on Sunday (November 18) at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Cricket lovers around the world are expecting a close contest in the final. In such a situation, the betting market has also become hot. At present the price of India in the betting market…

NAVI MUMBAI: Four persons from Pune were arrested in Navi Mumbai for allegedly taking bets on World Cup cricket matches, a police official said on Sunday. These individuals were specifically involved in betting on the India-Pakistan match that took place on Saturday. Their arrest was made following a tip-off received from Vahal in Ulwe. According…

The police have arrested a bookie who was running a cricket betting racket at the behest of Pakistan ex-Test cricketer Yasir Hameed. Hameed had played 25 Tests and 65 one-day matches from 2003 till 2010. He was banned by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in 2010 after it was proved that he was a "key player" in a spot-fixing scandal involving…

AHMEDABAD: A team of the city crime branch on Wednesday evening caught three men from a commercial centre in Jagatpur for allegedly inviting bets on the the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket match between Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) and Mumbai Indians (MI). According to an FIR filed with the Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) police, the cops got an…

With the India Premier League (IPL) matches all set to take off on March 31, cricket bookies and match fixers are readying themselves for a killing running into at least Rs 600 crore daily. Bookies across several Indian cities, including Mumbai, Delhi, Ahmedabad, Bhopal and Hyderabad with links to international betting cartels based in Dubai and…

IPL 2023: After the arrest of notorious bookie Anil Jaisinghani, BCCI has come under the radar once again ahead of IPL 2023. It has been revealed now that the supreme governing body of cricket in India, the Board of Control for Cricket in India, had earlier issued a warning to cricketers advising them to exercise caution when dealing with the…

IPL 2023: The recent arrest of the infamous bookie Anil Jaisinghani has put the spotlight on the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) once again, just before the IPL 2023. It has now been revealed that the BCCI had previously warned the cricketers to be careful when interacting with outer people. The BCCI Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) had…

Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the apex body governing Indian cricket, warned cricketers to be wary of meeting international bookie and hawala operator Anil Jaisinghani and his partner Deepak Naraini after photographs of a former India left-hand middle order batsman with the bookies surfaced. BCCI Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) had…

Maha DCM Devendra Fadnavis' statement in legislature shifts focus on cricket bookie Anil Jaisinghani | Mumbai: Maharashtra Deputy CM and Home Minister Devendra Fadnavis' statement in the Maharashtra legislature on Thursday has brought the focus on alleged international cricket bookie and hawala operator Anil Jaisinghani. Recently the deputy CM's…

Former Rajasthan Royals spinner Ajit Chandila was arrested by Delhi Police in 2013 for his alleged involvement in a match-fixing scandal in the Indian Premier League. He was subsequently handed a life ban by BCCI. Former Rajasthan Royals spinner Ajit Chandila's life ban in 2013 IPL match-fixing scandal is now over The BCCI ombudsman reduced his…

Mumbai: The Anti-Extortion Cell (AEC), Mumbai crime branch, has arrested five bookies - including two brothers - from Thane, for allegedly accepting bets on the T20 world cup final between Pakistan and England. Initial investigation has also revealed that the accused are involved in hawala transactions and had sent betting money to Dubai. "We are…

The arrest of a man for cricket betting has led city cops to a betting racket being run from Dubai. City Crime Branch arrested Mehul Pujara (39) for allegedly taking online bets on the T-20 cricket match between West Indies and Scotland that was held on Thursday. During interrogation, it emerged that Pujara was taking bets for a betting racket…

The crime branch unit 3 of the Pune city police on Sunday arrested a man for allegedly running a betting racket in the city during the India-Pakistan cricket match. The accused bookie has been identified as Shripad Yadav (24), a resident of Akurdi. Police said, when crime branch officers were patrolling in Kothrud region, they got a tip-off that…

LUCKNOW Security agencies as well as UP police agencies have gone on high alert ahead of the Sunday Twenty20 match between India and Pakistan in the ongoing Asia Cup being played in the United Arab Emirates. The Uttar Pradesh police agencies are keeping a close vigil on suspicious people in view of several match-fixing and betting cases having been…

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered two cases to probe the syndicates that allegedly organised betting on cricket matches in the 2019 Indian Premier League (IPL) and influenced the outcome of matches based on inputs from Pakistan. The agency conducted searches on the premises of the accused persons at seven locations in Delhi,…

New Delhi | PTI: The CBI has booked seven suspected punters in connection with two separate cases related to alleged fixing of 2019 Indian Premier League matches "based on inputs" from Pakistan, officials said Saturday. The central agency has started a country-wide probe and was carrying out searches at seven locations in Delhi, Hyderabad, Jaipur…

Match fixing has rocked Indian Premier League yet again after 9 years. As per a report by PTI, CBI has booked seven suspected punters in connection with two separate cases related to alleged fixing of 2019 Indian Premier League matches "based on inputs" from Pakistan, officials said Saturday. The central agency has started a country-wide probe and…

Be it exciting cricket, jaw-dropping performances or controversies, the Indian Premier League (IPL) has seen it all since its inception in 2008. Over the years, there has been an abundance of hullabaloo. From IPL spot-fixing scandal, Ashwin's'Mankad' row, to Shreesath's slap-gate and Shah Rukh Khan's Wankhede ban, India's cash-rich cricket league…

Ahead of the India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup cricket match to be played on Sunday evening, a bookie has been arrested in Gurugram. (Photo: File/Representative) By Tanseem Haider: Ahead of the India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup cricket match to be played on Sunday evening, a bookie has been arrested in Gurugram. The police arrested the bookie from an…

Two men entered the Arun Jaitley Stadium here during Sunday's IPL game between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals by allegedly obtaining accreditation cards fraudulently and were arrested and investigated if they their entry was to facilitate illegal betting and if they were part of a betting racket, the police said. Rohit Meena, additional…

Hyderabad: The sleuths of Commissioner's Task Force, Central zone team have busted an organized cricket betting racket at Abids and arrested two bookies. The police have also seized net cash and mobile phones. Vishal Kamruddin Chuna Rao aka Vishal and his accomplice Raheem Shabuddin Narsidhani for allegedly running IPL Cricket betting through…

New Delhi: This news development may shake your faith among cricketing stars whom you hold in high esteem. These stars allegedly follow a script prepared by bookies who fix the matches and the 22 players enact the role assigned to them, according to a statement given by Sanjeev Chawla, who was brought to India from London on the charges of…

Updated on Aug 06, 2019 11:38 AM IST Bets amounting to around ₹6000 crore were placed in Mumbai alone during the recently concluded Indian Premier League (IPL) season, the police said after interrogating Sonu Jalan, the main accused in the betting case. On May 29, Malad-based Jalan, considered to be one of the top cricket bookies in the country,…

Updated on Jun 05, 2018 11:29 AM IST A distant, but clear Dawood Ibrahim connection is unfolding as the police continue their investigation into cricket betting and the nexus between bookies and celebrities, after busting an IPL betting racket late last month, senior inspector Pradeep Sharma of Thane Anti-Extortion Cell (AEC) said on Monday. Sharma…

ED got custody of Ritesh till Tuesday afternoon. ED officials have claimed that Sharma "was settling his accounts with Bharat Delhi" among other bookies arrested earlier in this case identified as Tommy Patel and Kiran Mala in Gujarat. The Ahmedabad enforcement directorate (ED) officials are claimed to have busted the modus operandi of UK-based…