IPL 2019 matches were allegedly fixed 'based on inputs' from Pakistan, CBI begins probe
Zee News
Match fixing has rocked Indian Premier League yet again after 9 years.
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 was carrying out searches at seven locations in Delhi, Hyderabad, Jaipur and Jodhpur, they said.
The agency received inputs that "a network of individuals involved in cricket betting are influencing the outcome of Indian Premer League (IPL) matches based on inputs received from Pakistan", the FIRs alleged.
The CBI has named one Dileep Kumar, based in Rohini, Delhi, and Gurram Vasu and Gurram Satish based in Hyderabad in its first FIR as accused while Sajjan Singh, Prabhu Lal Meena, Ram Avtar and Amit Kumar Sharma, all from Rajasthan, have been named in the second.
