Infiltrated people acted in Indian Premier League betting scandal

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Infiltrated people acted in Indian Premier League betting scandal

Indian authorities found that people infiltrating the services of an Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket match were involved in an illegal betting operation.

The individual was observed in the field of Feroz Shah Kotla, in Delhi, and the authorities discovered that he was performing “pitch-siding”, which is a process known to help with ball-by-ball betting. Pitch siding is the act of transmitting inside information about sporting events to people who are betting.

During one of the IPL games in New Delhi, the suspect was posing as a janitor and using the time interval between the match and live TV coverage to interfere with the bets.

The head of BCCI (Indian Cricket Control Council), Shabbir Hussain Shekhadam Khandwawala, told the press that one of his officers from the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) caught a suspicious official and passed the information on to the Delhi Police.

While the individual fled, he left behind two cell phones, which allowed the ACU to file a complaint with the Delhi Police on suspicion of passing on privileged data at sporting events to bettors.

Police are investigating irregular actions in Indian Premier League games

Delhi police have already managed to arrest two other people from the Feroz Shah Kotla camp over the ACU complaint. Police found fake accreditation cards with the two people detained during an Indian Premier League game between the Rajasthan Royals and the SunRisers Hyderabad on May 2.

Hussain stated: “Then, on two separate days, these people gained access to Kotla. The one who ran away was dressed as a janitor. However, we have a lot of information about him, since he was signed for the tournament. For this reason, the data on the accreditation card were passed on to the New Delhi police ”.