A Delhi court on Monday granted bail to suspended cricketer S Sreesanth and his Rajasthan Royals teammate Ankeet Chavan and 17 bookies who were booked under the provisions of Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2013 spot-fixing controversy.
It’s laughable to indicate Shantakumaran Sreesanth and fellow cricketers did anything that could remotely infer "use of violence or threat of violence or intimidation or coercion", as MCOCA (Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act) describes "organised crime", opines Shantanu Datta.
Delhi police said on Thursday it had seized Rs 5.5 lakh, the money allegedly given to Rajasthan Royals cricketer S Sreesanth for spot-fixing in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2013, from an event manager, Abhishek Shukla.
S Sreesanth and Ankeet Chavan are facing more trouble as CCTV footage released shows them meeting and speaking with bookie Jiju Janardhanan on May 9 in a hotel in Chandigarh. The footage was acquired by Delhi and Punjab police.
Claiming his innocence in the Indian Premier League spot-fixing controversy, S Sreesanth has confessed that his attempt to give 14 runs in an over failed as one of his deliberate no-ball went unnoticed from the umpire.
The Delhi Police has claimed that elaborate planning went into the spot-fixing scandal ahead of Indian Premier League 2013, as reported by Times Now.
Kerala Cricket Association (KCA) secretary T.C. Mathew on Sunday revealed that India pace-bowler S. Sreesanth was indeed very close to Jiju Janardanan.
The Delhi Police on Monday said that the arrested Rajasthan Royals pacer S Sreesanth had plans to party all night 'with as many women as possible,’ as reported by Hindustan Times
Tainted Indian cricketer S Sreesanth has reportedly disclosed to police that Jiju Janardhanan, a bookie and a close friend of the pacer had tried to make an MMS of him with an escort at a Mumbai hotel.
Three Rajasthan Royal players, S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankit Chavan, arrested for alleged spot fixing in IPL cricket matches, were Saturday questioned in each others' presence by Delhi Police, an official said.