Suspected key bookie Jitendra Singh alias Jeetu was arrested from Ahmedabad on Friday — 40 days after the scam surfaced — by the Delhi Police in connection with the Indian Premier league spot-fixing scandal.
Sleuths of the Special Cell of Delhi Police arrested Singh from Ahmedabad after zeroing on him in the wake of arrest of three cricketers — S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan along with several bookies and fixers. The police claimed that it had transcripts, which shows Singh was in constant touch with Chandresh Patel alias Chand and was fixing deals ahead of every cricket match. According to police, Singh was sponsoring travel and other activities of both bookies for giving him access to three cricketers.
Bookies Chand and Manan allegedly supplied women to Sreesanth for which the money, according to Delhi Police, was also being sent by Singh. Police claimed his arrest may give fresh leads. Both are out on bail, but police may now call them in, according to sources.