IPL Spot fixing scandal,Kundra’s passport seized
Kundra’s passport seized
Rajasthan Royals’ co-owner Raj Kundra’s passport has been seized by Delhi Police which questioned him for about 10 hours in connection with the IPL spot-fixing scandal and allegations that he was into betting.
Police have asked Mr. Kundra not to leave the country.
Delhi Police sources said that Mr. Kundra was quizzed for about 10 hours on Wednesday.
A senior Delhi Police official had Wednesday refused to specify whether Mr. Kundra is a “suspect or complainant”, stating he was an “important person” needed for questioning.
Police sources claimed that Mr. Kundra was into betting but not into fixing. Their questioning was basically into betting, police sources said.
Police had also questioned Mr. Kundra’s business partner and friend Umesh Goenka.
Sources said the name of Mr. Goenka, with whom Mr. Kundra owns a company dealing in steel business, came during the recording of statement of Rajasthan Royals player Sidharth Trivedi, a prosecution witness in the case.
In his statement recorded before a magistrate, sources said, Trivedi claimed that Mr. Goenka approached him and sought details about the cricket pitch in Ahmedabad and details about team formations.
Mr. Kundra, a British national, has 42 per cent stake in the steel business with Mr. Goenka who has 16 per cent shares in the firm, they said.
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