Kundra not the focus of probe: Delhi Police
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Delhi: Delhi Police commissioner Neeraj Kumar has said that Kundra isn’t the focus of their investigation. He also added that they had records of cellphone conversations and corresponding video footage against Raj Kundra.
He said the decision to interrogate Raj Kundra had not been arrived at in haste.
Meanwhile, while BCCI rules say a franchisee can be terminated if an owner is found to be indulging in betting, Rajasthan Royals’ co-owner Raj Kundra has reportedly told cops that being a British national, he was not aware that betting is illegal in India.
Earlier, in sensational claims in the IPL spot-fixing scandal, Delhi Police on Thursday alleged that Rajasthan Royals owner Raj Kundra placed bets on his team through a bookie-friend and that they were probing whether his actress-wife Shilpa Shetty was also into betting. (Read live updates of the spot fixing probe)
Investigators also claimed Kundra (36) told them that he lost around Rs 1 crore in the past three years in betting in IPL matches.
However, police said they have no evidence yet to implicate Kundra in fixing matches.
Shetty denied the allegations on Twitter saying her involvement in betting is "complete nonsense" and that she has "never bet on any cricket match ever".
The tweets were retweeted by Kundra. Kundra, a British national, was questioned for 11 hours on Wednesday after cricketer Sidharth Trivedi (30) told police that his business partner-friend Umesh Goenka (36) used to ask for information regarding team formation and pitches.
Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar said, "He (Kundra) has admitted to betting. He used to bet on his own team. We have also come to know that he has lost a lot of money in betting. He used to bet through Goenka, who is also a bookie."
S N Srivastava, Special Commissioner (Special Cell), said Goenka in his statement before a magistrate informed that he used to place bets for Kundra besides making a reference to Shetty that she also placed bets "once".
"During questioning, Kundra has mentioned that he was placing bets for the last three years and the amount that he lost, all put together, was to be around Rs one crore," he said.
"It is in the statement (of Goenka that Shetty placed bets). We have not gone ahead and verified it as of now. But then we are in the process of verification," he said.
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