IPS officer chargesheeted in IPL wagering case

The Tamil Nadu CBCID has chargesheeted IPS officer Sampath Kumar regarding the IPL wagering racket. Kumar, who has been under suspension for over a year, is blamed for taking influence from a few bookies and punters included in the IPL wagering racket, promising that they would be let free.

The chargesheet was recorded before XI metropolitan judge, Saidapet on May 8. Aside from the IPS officer, three bookies have additionally been chargesheeted.

The IPL wagering embarrassment was uncovered in 2013, which prompted a few captures in Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai. Tamil Nadu's "Q" Branch discovered the wagering ring in Chennai amid a test into a fake identification racket. The examination was thusly given over to CB-CID as there were charges that some "Q" Branch authorities got cash from the denounced to do a concealment. Exploring organizations investigated numerous individuals including cricket players and Gurunath Meiyappan, child in-law of then BCCI president N Srinivasan.