2000 cricket match-fixing scandal: London-based bookie Chawla 'main conspirator'; Court frames charges for trial
2000 cricket match-fixing scandal: London-based bookie Chawla 'main conspirator'; Court frames charges for trial
NEW DELHI: Over 24 years after the cricket match-fixing scandal tainted the gentleman's game, a court here has framed charges of cheating and criminal conspiracy against four accused including Sanjeev Chawla, a London-based bookie and the "main conspirator", and actor Krishan Kumar, the brother of T-Series founder Gulshan Kumar.
The 68-page order by the Patiala House district court, which has now paved the way for the start of the trial, noted the alleged role of the four -- Chawla, Kumar, Delhi-based bookie Rajesh Kalra and Sunil Dara alias Bittoo.
Delhi Police had filed the charge sheet in 2013 against them in connection with the 2000 cricket match-fixing scandal involving late South African captain Hansie Cronje.
