DHAKA – Indian bookies gang has been arrested in Bangladesh over betting inthe Bangladesh Premier League.
Five Indian bookmakers were fined by a mobile court on Tuesday for illegalbetting during a match in Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) at theSher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka, a government official said.
An inter-ministerial meeting in January last year empowered localadministration in Dhaka, Chittogram and Sylhet to run mobile courts duringcricket matches to tackle illegal betting during the last edition of BPLand organizers followed the same during the ongoing edition as well.
The mobile court of executive magistrate Imrul Hasan said five Indians werefined Tk 4,000 each and had been expelled from the ground, *cricbuzz*link reported.
“They were involved in betting with mobile phones. We imposed a fine of Tk4,000 for each and expelled them from the ground. They will not be allowedto watch any more BPL game this season,” he said.
Cricbuzz learnt three of them – Deepak, Sanjeeb Kumar and Sunil Kumar – allhailed from Haryana.
Magistrate Imrul added that they handed a similar punishment to anotherIndian on Sunday. A total of 20 people, including six Indians, have beenpunished in the first three days of BPL, he said.