Rs. 20 lakh stacked in a cricket kit kept in the house of a relative of arrested cricketer Ajit Chandila were seized in extended raids on the cricket player cum bookie who is neck deep in the IPL spot-fixing scandal.
A domestic cricketer was detained for questioning and Rajasthan Royals lodged a complaint with Delhi Police against its three players Chandila, Sreesanth and Ankit Chavan accusing them of cheating and other charges.
Two persons, who watched the Rajasthan Royals matches in Chandhigarh and Mumbai, also approached police with complaints of cheating while voice samples police of Chandila and bookies Manan and Jiju Janardhan, a close friend of Sreesanth, were taken at the CFSL located in Outer Delhi’s Rohini.
Police sources said Ranji player Babu Rao Yadav, who was in Railways team, was picked up for questioning from Delhi earlier in the day. “He is being questioned. It was he who allegedly arranged a meeting with Chandila and bookie Sunil Bhatia, who are already arrested.
Seventeen people three IPL players, two former players and 12 bookies-cum-fixers were arrested since last Thursday in connection with the case which rocked the cricketing world.
