BCCI cautioned cricketers about infamous bookie Anil Jaisinghani.
The Board of Control For Cricket In India has no tolerance for actions that may devalue the established board. After photos of a former Indian left-hand middle order batsman with international bookie and hawala operator Anil Jaisinghani and his partner Deepak Naraini surfaced, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the apex body governing Indian cricket, warned cricketers to be wary of meeting them.
The BCCI Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) has filed a secret report on Indian and international players approached by a cricket betting syndicate led by Anil Jaisinghani in 2011-12 to rig IPL and T20 matches, urging them to avoid the bookmakers cartel.
Anil Jaisinghani and his business associate Deepak Nairani run the prominent cricket betting sites Rajdhani and Balaji using compromised players who were pressured to throw catches and boundaries. “Anil Jaisinghani was dreaded by everybody, including the police, for displaying his tight ties with political heavyweights and having unlimited access to all cricket tournaments and players. He lavished gifts on the players, including luxury sunglasses, wristwatches, and fragrances.”
“Anil Jaisinghani even financed all shopping on London’s Oxford Street in lieu of a few pre-determined results of IPL matches,” revealed a BCCI ACU member regarding the power possessed by the bookie on the run for over a decade. Anil Jaisinghani laundered about Rs 10,000 crore in each IPL season, which was funnelled through Hawala to Dubai and Pakistan. After operations on Mumbai-based bookie Sukhminder Sodhi, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) Ahmedabad Section discovered the hawala business in cricket betting.
Tommy Patel, Kiran Mala, Dharmin Chauhan, Chirag Parikh, Ritesh Bansal, Ankush Bansal, Mukesh Sharma, Ashish Grover, and Paresh Bhatia were also arrested as a result of the raids.
“Anil Jaisinghania was leading the bookmakers cartel and moving monies to Dubai and Pakistan. “Multiple summons and arrest orders were served at his Ulhasnagar apartment, but he remained evasive,” an ED employee engaged in the cricket betting investigation claimed.
