Bollywood actor and filmmaker Arbaaz Khan has confessed to placing bets during the recently concluded Indian Premier League (IPL). Khan made the confession on Saturday while recording his statement at Thane Police’s Anti-Extortion Cell (AEC) in connection with the alleged IPL betting racket.The city police had on Friday issued summons to the 50- year-old actor-producer for recording his statement. In a letter sent to Khan, the police asked him to join the probe in the wake of arrest of an alleged bookie who was placing bets on the T20 matches.
The AEC busted the racket on May 15 with the arrest of four people in Mumbai, including Sonu Jalan alias Sonu Malad, who is believed to be one of the top bookies of the country. During the investigation, a “connection” between Jalan and Arbaaz was established, said Senior Inspector and head of the AEC Pradeep Sharma on Friday. “We suspect that Arbaaz Khan had placed bets on IPL matches and want to scrutinise his bank transactions,” another police official had told PTI. Arbaaz allegedly lost Rs 2.80 crore in betting to Jalan and was not paying the amount, following which the bookie had threatened the actor, the official had said, citing the interrogation of the arrested accused.
