Kathmandu, February 20
A case has been registered in the Kathmandu District Court against five people including cricketer Adil Ansari and former cricketer Mehboob Alam for his role in fixing points during the controversial Nepal T20 League.
Government lawyer Achut Mani Neupane tells Onlinekhabar that the case was shelved based on the investigation conducted by the Bureau Central Investigation (CIB).
An investigative committee has been formed under the leadership of DSP Sundar Tiwari of the Office after suspicion of point-fixing in the Nepal T20 League was made public. Police said the involvement of 12 people was confirmed during the investigation by the committee.
Among them, Nitesh Gupta, a local cricketer from Birganj, was arrested along with Alam and Anasari. According to the government prosecutor’s office, Navin Kandel, co-owner of the Kathmandu Knights, and Saptari’s Ravi Majhi have also been listed as fugitive defendants.
The petition has demanded that they be sentenced according to articles 31, 32 and 33 of the Law for the Promotion of National Sports.
According to this, those involved in such activities can be jailed for three years and fined up to Rs 50,000.
Interestingly, Jatin Ahluwalia, the alleged mastermind behind dot fixing case the defendant in the case has not been made.
Police had said that Ahluwalia along with Seven3Sports CEO Abhishek Saklani were involved in the venue arrangement along with Indian nationals Samir Sheikh, Birendra Sah, Biash Dhyani, Rahul Sharma and West Indian Andre McCarthy.
But their names have been mentioned in the case and they will be prosecuted if they are arrested in Nepal.
Neupane says another case will be filed after the names, surnames and nationalities of the remaining seven people are revealed.
