Mehta, Cronje & ‘Black 0365’

After interrogating bookie Shobhan Mehta for 24 hours, the Gujarat Police on Saturday claimed that he ran a cricket betting racket in Gujara...

After interrogating bookie Shobhan Mehta for 24 hours, the Gujarat Police on Saturday claimed that he ran a cricket betting racket in Gujarat and Maharashtra and had links with other bookies in other cricket-playing countries. Mehta, said Addl CP (Crime Branch) D G Vanjara, admitted to having links with several international bookies.

For those who came in late:

WHO’S MEHTA? Mumbai-based former diamond merchant who became a bookie in 1992

LOCAL NETWORK: Network was spread across Delhi, Mumbai, Jaipur, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai

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GLOBAL LINKS: Two foreign bookies named, ‘Black 0365’ in England, and Mark Peter from Australia

PLAYERS HE’S NAMED: Mohammed Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja, Nayan Mogia, Mark Waugh, Hansie Cronje

MODUS OPERANDI: Bets were fixed after Mehta was tipped off by players about several factors like the weather conditions, pitch report, physical fitness of the players, toss

THOSE NOT NAMED YET: Current players, politicians

DOUBT NOT CLEARED: Has given no information on the India-Pakistan match in Ahmedabad on April 12, which began late after water was sprinkled on the pitch (allegdly on Mehta’s instructions)

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