Delhi Police Special Cell has said that the two people who were involved in an argument with the Delhi Police personnel during an IPL game at the Arun Jaitley for not wearing a mask are a part of a betting racket.
The Special cell has further added that the two persons arrested had been working for two different modules according to a report in The Indian Express.
“They were present inside the stadium during three IPL matches and around 12 persons, including one from Dubai, were connected through conference calls at one time and they all were making money through online betting,” Delhi Police Special stated in the chargesheet before a Delhi Court.
A peon at the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) Balam Singh, a liaison officer/ assistant at DDCA for accreditation-related work for IPL games Virender Singh, Krishan Garg, Manish Kansal, Himanshu Kumar, and Sandeep Kumar have been arrested by the Police.
“One of the suspects, Navdeep Kabli Singh (31) told police that he was working for a man famous by the name of Google in betting world, for the last four years. He claimed his employer runs a book of satta (gambling) and also owns an “online betting website”. Navdeep disclosed that he gave rates during betting and he, along with two other employees, were running “satta” from their office in Gurugram,” police states.
Krishan Garg and Manish Kansal were involved in the argument with Delhi Police sub-inspector Pradeep Kumar after the two were standing near a gallery of the Kotla’s VIP lounge without wearing face masks on May 2.
“Garg showed his accreditation card, mentioning as junior assistant (SDMC health) and Kansal’s accreditation card shows he was duty supervisor of IBS facility management. Police found that their accreditation cards were made by Balam and Shah. Balam took Rs 10,000 and Shah took Rs 40,000 for making their cards,” police said.