RCB’s Celebrity Drummer Arrested for Betting Involvement in KPL
The Bangalore Central Crime Branch (CCB) has arrested Bhavesh Bafna on charges of involvement in betting in the Karnataka Premier League. Bafna was popular as a ‘celebrity drummer’ entertainer during matches featuring Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League. He has also appeared during matches in the Karnataka Premier League and the Tamil Nadu Premier League. The CCB zeroed in on Bafna after the police department finished investigating the betting as well as the illegal approach of a cricketer featuring in the KPL 2019 season.
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Bafna was Middleman for Bookies
Cric-life.com has learned that the drummer reportedly worked to broker deals for bookmakers in Mumbai and Delhi and that the CCB specifically charged Bafna with illegally approaching his childhood mate, fast bowler Bhavesh Gulecha, who played in the KPL for the Bellary Tuskers franchise. Bafna is said to have attempted to persuade Gulecha to concede over 10 runs in an over he bowled in a KPL game. Bafna is reported to have promised Gulecha an IPL contract and an advance of Rs 2 lakhs if he consented to confer with a bookmaker from Delhi to finalise the deal. Gulecha is reported to have refused.
Statement of Joint Commissioner of Police
The CCB report on the matter quoted joint commissioner of police (crime) Sandeep Patil as stating, “In a major breakthrough in the ongoing investigation in the KPL match-fixing scandal, an FIR has been registered against two bookies Bhavesh Bafna and Sanyam for trying to fix matches. They approached a Bellary Tuskers bowler to give more than 10 runs per over but the bowler refused.”
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