Mumbai: Indian Bookie Sonu Yogendra Jalan has told investigators that he paid Rs100 million to a Sri Lankan cricket player for fixing a match, media reports said on Saturday.
According to media reports, he also revealed that some Indian cricketers were also involved in match fixing.
Yougendra along with Devendra Kothari was arrested by the city crime branch of police on Thursday. According to Indian media reports police said the accused are believed to be a part of a bigger international cricket betting racket.
The property cell of Mumbai crime branch on Thursday raided a building at Lokhandwala in Kandivli and busted a major cricket betting racket. Police arrested Kothari, Jalan and two others and seized two laptops, voice recorders, computers, 25 mobile phones and cash of Rs5.18 lakh. All the accused were booked under prevention of gambling act and were remanded to police custody.
Quoting sources a report said betting network is controlled by a Pakistan-based gang belonging to Chhota Shakeel. Sonu Jalan was arrested last year from Andheri in another case of gambling by the Social Service branch. Kothari was also an accused in that case and was not traceable.
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