Fake IPL: Big action of UP Police in fake IPL case

The Dehat police station of Hapur district of UP has arrested 3 bookies from the cricket ground near Hapur-Meerut road bypass. These people used to work to get people to bet in fake Indian Premier League (IPL) matches. The names of the two accused arrested by the police are Rishabh and Sitab alias Shabbu. Both the accused Sibu and Rishabh had created online apps in the name of Crick Heroes Online App and T20 Big Bash T20 Punjab League. Both of them had also created a channel through YouTube on which streaming of live matches was shown and people used to bet.

Conversations of these people with bookies of Pakistan and Russia have also come to the fore through WhatsApp. The masterminds of this fake IPL, Mohammad Asif and Ashok Chaudhary were operating it from Russia. Recently, Gujarat’s Vadnagar Hasana police busted the whole matter by arresting four of the four accused in this case. The accused Rishabh, caught by the Hapur police, is also a player who once went to visit Russia. There he met mastermind Asif Mohammad and Ashok Chaudhary.

The police had recovered Sri Lankan currency worth Rs 15,150, a casino silver card, 6 mobile phones, two debit cards, besides all the betting devices in huge quantities from these two accused.