COLOMBO: The international proprietor of a T20 cricket crew in Sri Lanka’s Premier League (LPL) was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of corruption, police stated, a day after a extremely publicised participant public sale.
Tamim Rahman, proprietor of Dambulla Thunders and a British nationwide, was stopped on the airport in Colombo earlier than he boarded a flight to Dubai, police stated.
He was arrested following a court docket order to detain him on suspicion of match-fixing, police and immigration officers instructed AFP.
Rahman was remanded in custody till Might 31 pending additional investigations.
He was being investigated beneath two provisions of the sports activities Act associated to match-fixing and trying to organise betting.
A particular police unit coping with corruption in sports activities carried out the arrest, the primary involving an official of the LPL event because it started 4 years in the past.
These convicted beneath the sports activities Act face potential heavy fines and jail sentences of as much as 10 years.
On Tuesday, Rahman’s Dambulla crew spent $450,000 to purchase 24 gamers, together with probably the most expensive international participant, Afghanistan’s all-rounder Karim Janat for $80,000.
In the meantime, the organisers of the event stated they terminated the rights of the Dambulla Thunders following the implication of its proprietor in corruption.
“This termination/retraction of rights goals to uphold the values and popularity of the LPL, making certain that each one contributors adhere to the very best requirements of conduct and sportsmanship,” the LPL rights holder IPG Group stated in a press release.
It was not instantly clear if the five-team event could be lowered to 4 or if there could be a alternative of Dambulla Thunders. The LPL event will begin on July 1 with the ultimate on July 21.
Printed in Daybreak, Might twenty third, 2024