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Another bookie arrested in IPL case

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Another bookie has been arrested in connection with the IPL spot-fixing case, the 30th so far, Delhi Police said today.

"Chandresh Jain alias Jupiter was arrested from Jaipur yesterday morning. He was presented before a court in the evening in Delhi which has sent him to police custody for five days. This is the 30th arrest in the case," Special Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) S N Srivastava told PTI.

Delhi Police had recently named underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and Chhota Shakeel in its charge sheet filed in the spot-fixing case.

In the 6000-page long charge sheet, Delhi Police also named Rajasthan Royals players S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan among 39 others as accused in the scandal unearthed during IPL 6.
 

Of the 29 people arrested before Jupiter, 21 are on bail including Sreesanth and Chavan, while eight others, including Chandila are still in judicial custody.

Sreesanth, Chavan and Chandila were arrested by Delhi Police from Mumbai on May 16.

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First Published: Aug 05 2013 | 3:35 PM IST

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