IPL 2023: The recent arrest of the infamous bookie Anil Jaisinghani has put the spotlight on the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) once again, just before the IPL 2023. It has now been revealed that the BCCI had previously warned the cricketers to be careful when interacting with outer people.
Anil Jaisinghani and IPL
The BCCI Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) had submitted a confidential report warning Indian and foreign cricketers to stay away from the bookies cartel. This report highlighted how the cricket betting syndicate, headed by Anil Jaisinghani, had approached players during the IPL matches of 2011-12 with the intention of fixing the games. The report was intended to caution the cricketers and prevent them from falling prey to such illegal activities.
Anil Jaisinghani and his associate Deepak Nairani were running the well-known cricket betting books Rajdhani and Balaji. These books were operated by exploiting players who were coerced into dropping catches and conceding boundaries in order to fix the games. The players were forced to participate in these illegal activities, and their compromised positions were used to benefit Anil Jaisinghani’s and Deepak Nairani’s cricket betting business.
A senior BCCI official stated, “Anil Jaisinghani was feared by all, including the police, for flashing his close connection with political heavyweights and having unfettered access to all cricket matches and players. He showered lavish gifts, including designer sunglasses, wristwatches and perfumes, to players.”
Police arrested several bookies
As per the information provided by the BCCI to the Mumbai Police and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Anil Jaisinghani and Deepak Naraini were allegedly involved in spot-fixing of IPL games. The duo is said to have extorted money from specific players, in order to profit from their illegal cricket betting activities.
According to reports, Anil Jaisinghani was involved in the laundering of approximately Rs 10,000 crore during every IPL season. This illegal money was transferred to Dubai and Pakistan via hawala transactions. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Ahmedabad Section came across this hawala racket during its operations on Mumbai-based bookie Sukhminder Sodhi.
As a result of the investigation, several well-known bookmakers, including Tommy Patel, Kiran Mala, Dharmin Chauhan, Chirag Parikh, Ritesh Bansal, Ankush Bansal, Mukesh Sharma, Ashish Grover, and Paresh Bhatia, were detained. This crackdown has dealt a severe blow to the illegal cricket betting syndicates, and the authorities are working to prevent such activities in the future.
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