In a new twist to the IPL spot fixing, Delhi Police have recently disclosed that the league match that was played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore might have been fixed.
With these new developments in the case, Delhi Police are looking for more proofs especially from the trio of S Sreesanth, Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila. As per the recent reports of Indian Express, official was quoted saying, “This information regarding the match fixing has come out after the interrogation of Rajasthan Royals' player Ajit Chandila and bookies who have been arrested on charges of spot-fixing.”
"Chandila was asked by the bookies about who will win the match between KKR and RCB on May 12. The spinner told the bookies that KKR will win and actually KKR won the match," a senior police official said.
Match between KKR and RCB was played on May 12 which KKR won by four wickets while chasing the total of 116 runs. Meanwhile official was quoted by Times of India saying, “We are short of any concrete evidence in this matter and this is just the claims of Chandila and others made during the questioning on the grounds of spot-fixing scandal. It will surely take some time to reach the conclusion.”
Police sources came out with these details a day after the arrest of Bhupender Nagar, a security manager of two night clubs in Delhi. Officials were quoted by DNA saying, “Nagar was in touch with Chandila for the past seven to eight months as the player was a regular in the night club located in a prominent hotel in Nehru Place.
He went onto add, “Nagar's friend Vicky, also a bouncer in a night club of a prominent hotel in New Delhi, wanted to get in touch with some cricketers in the first week of May. Within two days, Nagar took Chandila, who came from Bangalore, to a night club in Vasant Kunj where Vicky met him.”
The bookies had agreed to pay Rs 30 lakh to Chandila but refused to pay him later as they had claimed to have incurred loss due to a low-scoring match.