The Crime Branch Crime Investigation Department of Tamil Nadu Police on Friday conducted searches at various locations in the city in connection with betting and match-fixing relating to IPl matches, a day after Delhi Police arrested three Rajasthan Royals players including former India speedster S Sreesanth for alleged spot-fixing.
According to S Rajeswari, SP, CBCID, six cricket bookies have been taken into custody following raids which began on Thursday night and ended by Friday morning. Police seized `14 lakh, mobile phones, laptops, and documents related to disbursal of money. The SP said investigations were at primary stage. She said Harish Bajaj, reportedly the mastermind behind the Chennai betting operations has been arrested.
Rajeswari said the raids and arrests were a follow-up to the call records of the bookies which were examined by the CBCID threadbare. She refused to divulge more details like the names of the other five who were taken into custody.
Former India speedster S Sreesanth and two other bowlers from Rajasthan Royals team Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan were arrested by Delhi Police on charges of spot-fixing IPl matches for payments of up to `60 lakh just for giving away pre-determined number of runs in an over.