The Crime Branch has received several inputs about bookies from Delhi
allegedly being involved in match-fixing and betting in the Bangladesh
Premier League.
Last month, the arrest of a woman pimp confirmed the inputs after
she disclosed in her interrogation that she had been to Bangladesh with
many of her call girls during the tournament and met several bookies.
Vimal Marwah, a B Ed teacher, was arrested last month by the Crime
Branch along with two associates.
According to tip-offs received by the Crime Branch, a few county
players in the Dhaka Premier League were in regular touch with Vimal
Marwah. The ICC has also raised suspicions about the county players
having been in direct touch with the woman and call girls.
The Anti-corruption Unit of the ICC had also received a tip-off about Marwah’s proximity with some bookies and cricketers.
Sources said that while she was in Bangladesh, she was in regular
touch with bookies from Delhi and Bangladesh. Additional Deputy
Commissioner of Police (Crime) Ravi Shankar said, “During the
tournament, she had gone to Bangladesh with some call girls. Apart from
that, she had also been to Singapore. She was in regular touch with
bookies in Bangladesh.”
With the police having recovered visas and air tickets for
Colombo in the name of the woman along the other call girls, the ICC
officials raised apprehensions about possible match fixing in next
month’s T-20 World Cup in Sri Lanka. Marwah had booked a casino to host a
mega party at a casino in Colombo.
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