‘Fixers make cards like BCCI’s to fool people’

MUMBAI: An ICC anti-corruption official recently said a majority of its 50 ongoing investigations are linked to corruptors in India. The latest investigation by Australian police says they are also casting their net in tennis. Mohali-based Ravinder Dandiwal is one of those being investigated. He is on ICC radar and in BCCI’s list of suspects, whom they call a ‘person of interest’. Dandiwal is also allegedly a corruptor in tennis.

A Sydney Morning Herald report says Victoria Police documents have named Dandiwal as a central figure in a global tennis match-fixing and betting scam. Dandiwal is a relative of Australia-based Harsimrat Singh, who along with one Rajesh Kumar has been charged by Victoria Police with betting on tennis games allegedly fixed by Dandiwal. BCCI anti-corruption head, Ajit Singh, said as Dandiwal is a ‘person of interest’ they “would keep an eye out, if he is contacting any Indian player”. “Such people are not hung up on sport. They are hung up on fixing,” said Singh.