Man tries to book cricketer for league matches in TN

Bengaluru: Jayanagar police recently registered a cheating case against a person identified as Bunny Anand for allegedly trying to book cricket players for fixing a league match scheduled to be held in Tamil Nadu soon.
B Lokesh filed a police complaint on behalf of cricketer Rajagopal Sathish. Suspect Anand allegedly contacted Sathish through Instagram and offered him Rs 40 lakh to play as per their requirement in a match.The alleged incident took place on January 3 and a complaint was filed on January 14.
Lokesh told police Anand approached Sathish to fix a match and run a cricket betting racket. Anand is said to have claimed to Sathish that two players had already agreed to work for him. Police said they will collect more information about the incident from Sathish and others. “The matter is under pre-investigation,” a police officer said. tnn