July 07 2020
Ravinder Dandiwal was arrested by Punjab Police on Monday (July 6) on allegations of match-fixing in connection with a T20 match played in Mohali but streamed online under the pretext that it was a game being played in Sri Lanka. This comes after the arrest of two other accused - Pankaj and Raju - following a report on The Indian Express.
According to a preliminary investigation, it has been revealed that Dandiwal hailed from Rajasthan and was responsible for organising fraudulent tournaments in the past as well. The police have seized some laptops, mobile phones and documents from him.
"Ravinder Dandiwal, who has emerged kingpin in the entire racket, was arrested on Monday," Pal Singh, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Kharar, told PTI. "He has been arrested in connection with ongoing investigations into the T20 match that was played, in which already two arrests have been made. His role into the entire racket is being further probed."
BCCI's anti-corruption unit will also travel to Chandigarh on Tuesday to investigate the issue. "Whatever information we have we will pass it on to Punjab Police, if it helps them in their investigation or whatever we can gather from them, we will gather it. Our team will be from Delhi," Ajit Singh, BCCI ACU chief, told PTI.
"He has been arrested in connection to the T20 game (that was portrayed as a T20 game in Sri Lanka but was actually happening in Sawara village). We would like to have access to him also but that depends on Punjab Police. We are hopeful we will get it."
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