The CBI has booked a network of individuals engaged in Indian Premier League (IPL) betting since 2013 in collusion with a Pakistani operator.
The agency has named one accused from Delhi Dileep Kumar of B-9/200, Sector 5, Rohini, Delhi besides two individuals from Hydearbad---Gurram Satish and Gurram Vasu.
“A reliable information has been received about a network of individuals involved in cricket betting are influencing outcome of Indian Premier League matches based on inputs received from Pakistan,” reads the FIR.
It further said, “In the garb of betting related to IPL matches, they are cheating the general public by inducing them for betting. For this purpose, they have opened bank accounts using fake identities and Know Your Customer (IDs/KYC) documents in connivance with unknown bank officials.”
These bank accounts, according to the FIR, have been opened by submitting forged details such as multiple date of births and without due diligence due by the bank officials.
As part of money received from the general public in India on account of such betting activities is also being shared with their associates based in foreign countries using hawala transactions.
As per the information gathered by the CBI, a network of individuals has been involved in cricket betting since 2013.
Information received reveals “unscrupulous financial activities” by Dileep Kumar (accused number 1) in association with Gurram Satish and Gurram Vasu are in contact with one suspect Waqas Malik through a Pakistani phone number 923227890000.
The persons involved were running cricket betting during the then ongoing IPL held in 2019. The involved persons are running the racket of cricket betting, committing fraud by inducing betting by the general public and thereby deceiving them of their hard earned money. They are also involved in impersonating their identities for operating various bank accounts on the basis of forged documents, according to the FIR.
The bank accounts also displayed abnormal behaviour in relation to the customer profile.
The three named accused have been booked under Indian Penal Code (IPC) section relating to criminal conspiracy, cheating and forgery besides provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act.