Three people were arrested in regard of IPL betting
The CBI will probe an IPL betting racket that has evident links to Pakistan. Three people were arrested in this regard so far, and two FIRs have been filed.
It is alleged that the accused persons ran a pan-India network to induce public to put their money into IPL betting.
The central agency registered two cases on Friday in the matter for criminal conspiracy, cheating, forgery of the Indian Penal Code and prevention of corruption act.
A part of the money received from the public in India for betting was also being shared by their associates based in foreign countries using hawala transactions.
The accused persons, according to the CBI, were in touch with one Pakistani national named Waqas Malik, whose number has already been obtained during initial investigation.
Three people – Dileep Kumar, Gurram Satish, and Gurram Vasu – have been named in the first FIR of the agency and this network, the agency said, is involved in betting since 2013. The CBI has alleged there were transactions worth around ₹10 crore in the account of the accused.
