Former Ranji player Baburao Yadav was today arrested in connection with the IPL spot-fixing scandal even as police said that it is likely to seek further custody of three arrested players and some bookies.
Yadav, who was picked up from Delhi yesterday and questioned for his links with the arrested player Ajit Chandila, has been placed under arrest, police sources said.
It was Yadav who allegedly introduced Chandila to bookie Sunil Bhatia, who has been already arrested.
With his arrest, about 18 people — three IPL players, four former players and 11 bookies and their assistants — have been arrested since last Thursday in connection with the scandal that rocked the cricketing world.
The sources also said that they will seek the custody of three arrested players — Sreesanth, Chandila and Ankit Chavan — and eight bookies when they will be produced in court as their remand ends today.
Rajasthan Royals had yesterday lodged a complaint with Delhi police against its three players — Chandila, Sreesanth and Ankit Chavan — accusing them of cheating and other charges.
Two persons, who watched the Rajasthan Royals matches in Chandigarh and Mumbai, had also approached the police with complaints of cheating.
BCCI’s anti-corruption unit chief Ravi Sawani, who has been asked to head the probe, had yesterday held a meeting with Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar and other top officials and offered all help.
Investigators had yesterday took Chandila to his aunt’s house at Palwal in Haryana from where they allegedly recovered Rs 20 lakh from a cricket kit which also contained his personal belongings, the official said.