Indian police to forge ahead with charges in Hansie Cronje match fixing saga

01 Feb 2016 | Admin Author

Indian police are expected to file charges against bookmakers, 13 years after a match-fixing scandal involving the late South African cricket captain Hansie Cronje.

The AFP news agency reports that police have prepared a "detailed charge sheet" against five bookmakers which will be presented to a chief metropolitan magistrate in New Delhi on Monday.

The action comes after Delhi police chief Neeraj Kumar told local media that he planned to file charges in the Cronje match-fixing case and an IPL spot-fixing scandal before the end of the month.

Cronje was banned from the game for life in October 2000, six months after Delhi police accused him of taking money from Indian bookie Sanjeev Chawla during his team's tour of India the same year.