MUMBAI: Bollywood actor Vindoo Randhawa, son of late wrestler-actor Dara Singh, has been arrested in connection with the IPL spot-fixing scandal, a Mumbai Crime Branch official said.
“Vindoo was questioned after he was found to be in contact with the bookies and subsequently arrested,” the official told PTI.
49-year-old Vindoo, winner of reality television show Bigg Boss season 3, was on many occasions spotted watching IPL matches and attending post-match parties.
His arrest is the first from Bollywood in connection with the latest scandal to hit Indian cricket. It is not yet known if he was a link between IPL players and the bookies or was just into betting.
The Crime Branch, which is also probing the scandal apart from Special Cell of Delhi Police, had questioned a casting director who sent photographs of models to S Sreesanth and summoned a Telugu film producer having business links with the tainted India pacer.
The move came amid suspicion that honey traps could have been laid to lure cricketers into spot-fixing IPL matches.
The Special Cell of Delhi police had arrested Sreesanth, his Rajasthan Royals teammates – Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan -and Jiju on May 15 night for allegedly indulging in spot-fixing in at least three IPL matches.
Apart from electronic devices, including a laptop, Rs 72,000 cash, data card and diaries with entries in English and Malayalam, which appeared to be in Sreesanth’s handwriting, were also seized.
Sreesanth’s laptop had dozens of photographs of models e-mailed to him by the casting director. -PTI
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