Nupur Mehta quizzed by ICC anti-corruption investigator, Bollywood starlet says she and her cricketer friends are clean

Mumbai: Bollywood starlet Nupur Mehta who starred with Sunny Deol in Jo Bole So Nihal, is once again in news as she was questioned by an ICC anti-corruption investigator Alan Peacock in connection with a match-fixing report that appeared in London-based newspaper Sunday Times a few months ago.

The newspaper report had said that Nupur was used by bookies to lure players during the 2011 World Cup. However Nupur said that she was clean and she had met ICC anti-corruption and security officer Alan Peacock at a Mumbai hotel on Monday.

According to Nupur, Peacock quizzed her over two hours today and he was the only official representing the ICC. “There was a list of questionnaires. He asked me who all I know in cricketing world both India and international players. I took names but I won't reveal it to the media," Nupur said, adding that she was not involved in match-fixing and the cricketers she befriended with were also not involved in such activities.

The ICC, however, refused to comment on the development, saying that it does not normally comment on anti-corruption related matters.