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IPL fixing: How D gang bookies trapped Sreeshant after he was slapped by Harbhajan

Mumbai, May 22: It's a story which sounds unbelievable, but appears to be true. It could be lifted straight out of a James Hadley Chase thriller, but the fact remains that one of the bookies

India TV News Desk India TV News Desk Updated on: May 22, 2013 10:02 IST


After Sunil Dubai got Anees Ibrahim's call, he rang up bookie Ramesh Vyas and Tikku Mandi alias Ashwini in India and asked them to find out ways and means to trap Sreesanth.

Ramesh Vyas then called up another major bookie from D gang Jupiter alias Chandresh and Bharat to "fix" Sreesanth.

On his part, Tikku Mandi contacted a former IPL player Amit Singh, who later contacted Sreesanth's friend Jiju Janrdhan for the purpose.

Amit and Jiju were both batchmates of Sreesanth and had diversified into betting business, when they found their careers not moving ahead.

Jiju then convinced Sreeshant to enter the world of "spot fixing" or "match fixing", whatever you may call, and the rest is history.
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