Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today filed charge sheet against former Joint Director of the ED JP Singh and others for allegedly involving in IPL betting case. Charge-sheet also named a 2000-batch Indian Revenue Service officer of the customs and excise wing Sanjay Kumar.   

Officers have been charged with criminal conspiracy under the IPC and under relevant provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act. The case was registered in 2015 on a complaint from the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

Earlier, two bookies- Bimal Aggarwal and Chandresh Patel, were arrested in February are now in judicial custody. According to media reports, suspects in the betting case had sought ED’s favour as the agency’s Ahmedabad unite was investigating Rs 2,000-crore betting scandal in IPL and Rs 5,000-crore money laundering case against alleged hawala operator Afroz Fatta which was linked with betting as well. 

Reports suggest that accused officers had received huge amount to hush up the case. They had an understanding on quid pro quo basis for mutual benefits and commission.Sources, closely observing the case, said that ED Director received many complaints against senior officials in the Ahmedabad unit. 

CBI said that certain officers of the Enforcement Directorate who were investigating the cases of money laundering in betting allegedly accepted huge illegal money. As per media reports, hawala dealers and tax consultants had given Rs 15 crore as bribe to Singh`s father-in-law SKS Somvanshi who is a retired Indian Revenue Service officer of the 1978 batch, seeking undue favours

Source: NYOOOZ DESK - IPL