BCCI's ( Board of Control for Cricket in India) Anti-Corruption Unit has registered an FIR against two bookies — Jitendra Kothari and Rakesh Bafna — at Ashok Nagar Police Station in Bengaluru for cheating, match-fixing and approaching an Indian Women Cricket team player for spot-fixing.

ACU Chief Ajit Singh's statement 

“I cant tell you name of player as she is t culprit and in fact has helped us nab se two individuals. se two individuals h approached one of women cricketers of Indian team offering her huge money if she joined hands with m. She informed us about incident and recorded ir conversation. We have registered an FIR and hoping that two culprits get arrested soon," BCCI's Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) Chief Ajit Singh, told Republic TV over phone.

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Masquering as a sports manr, Jitendra Kothari got in touch with cricketer last year through Instagram, offering her manrial services and introduced her to Rakesh Bafna who directly approached her to fix matches, stated Singh while speaking to Republic TV. "In February this year, Kothari again contacted player and put her through to Bafna claiming that he h a business offer for her. He approached her to fix matches and play according to script and reportedly offered Rs 1 lakh per match during India-England series," he ded. Bafna also requested player if ODI captain of team could also be roped in for ‘plan’  ACU Chief disclosed.

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TNPL under ACU scanner 

Ajit Singh also said that Tamil Nu Premier League (TNPL) has also come under scanner of ACU as it has incidents of attempted approach by bookies to various players for spot and fixing. "We are investigating. Indian player or domestic player is liked so far. Some players have reported us about approach. That does t mean y are involved," he observed.

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