Names of 7 more bookies surface

NEW DELHI, APRIL 14. The names of seven more bookies have surfaced during the investigations into match-fixing scandal in which South African Hansie Cronje is alleged to be involved even as the role of underworld gangs was becoming more clear.

Official sources said Rajesh Kalra, the only accused arrested in the case so far, had revealed the names of seven more bookies in this connection.

With this the number of bookies allegedly involved in this has risen to 11, the sources said.

The bookies, whose names were not disclosed to media as it could hamper the investigation, belong to Delhi and Mumbai (three each) and one to Madhya Pradesh.

- PTI

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