Mumbai: the TV actor Vindoo Dara Singh, booked on match fixing charges in Mumabi, says Times of India
Three top Indian cricket players in the billion dollar industry, the Indian Premier League (IPL), were charged with match fixing this month and were taken into custody.
Since its birth, IPL is the subject of various criticisms such as its harmful effect on ‘’Classic’’ Cricket, overrated players etc. However, this time it is accused of a thing which turned the Cricket world upside down in the 90’s known as ‘’Spot Fixing’’. That really gives a bad signal because it reveals that the players are not even content with the sky-touching amount of money they legally earn from IPL.
The scandal resulted in the arrest of 11 bookies, who are believed to have paid more than 1.2 crore Indian Rupee ($ 0.2 million) to the three cricketers for blowing one ‘fixed’ over each in three matches played over the last 10 days. Three Indian cricketers (including one Test cricketer) were reported to be involved in Spot-fixing. Indian Test bowler Sreesanth who was arrested along with his Rajasthan Royals fellows A.Chandila and A.Chavan last week. However, Gurunath meiyappan, a key official of Chennai Super Kings was also arrested for the same reason.
After a couple of days if close watch- after the three bookies’ arrest, Vindoo was taken in too, on strong evidence suggesting his connections with the central figure in the scandal Ramesh Vyas.
Vindoo is the son of the late wrestler-turned actor Dara Singh; he was nominated as the winner of a famous reality show of India recently.
The Indian apex court did not agree to bring IPL to a close which is just a few days away from the grand finale on the grounds of few irregularities highlighted.
The Supreme Court has summoned for report from BCCI on the spot fixing scandal within a timeframe of 15 days. Besides, the Police suspects that more persons are linked to bookmakers and gamblers in this spot fixing scandal.
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