New Delhi: Bollywood Actress Nupur denies role in match-fixing

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New Delhi: Rubbishing reports about being involved in cricket match-fixing, Bollywood actress Nupur Mehta, told the media that she has been falsely implicated into the controversy and she did not share any relations with any cricketers.

 

The picture of Nupur was published in an English Daily for her allegedly links with bookies to fix the match of English County and International match revealed

 

The fixers claimed to have recruited players from countries, including England using a Bollywood actress as a honeytrap.

 

However, Nupur reveals that her photo was a representational picture  and no prior permission was used before publishing the blurred face in the match fixing article.

 

Nupur says that she was a big fan of the sport ‘cricket’, but had no links with the baseless allegations surrounding her. 

A Delhi bookmaker has told the newspaper that county cricket "is a good market" as it involves "low-profile matches and nobody monitors them. That’s why good money can be made there without any hassle".

 

“I haven’t heard about any bookie named Vicky Seth,” said Nupur.

 

“This is a dirty prank and is offensive. I don’t know why I am being pulled into all this. Generally people like to use names of actresses in articles. All want to read about glamour in these cricket articles and that is why Bollywood actresses are being a scapegoat, “said a disappointed Nupur. 

 

The International Cricket Council (ICC) is to investigate allegations that Indian bookmakers, with the help of a Bollywood actress, have been fixing the results of English County Championship matches and international games, the Sunday Times reported.

 

“A journalist from The Sunday Times called me up on March 10 (Saturday).He told me that there will be a report on match fixing and I will use your name as well. I thought it is a prank and I cut the phone, “ said Nupur.

 

“Why did they steal my image from Google and not used the pictures from the ones clicked during IPL parties?” asks an agitated Nupur. 

 

The International Cricket Council is all set to launch an inquiry into a report in the ’Sunday Times’, which claimed that the Indian bookmakers are fixing the results of England county games and international fixtures.

 

The newspaper’s investigation has suggested that the bookmakers offer thousands of pounds to the players. About 44,000 pounds to batsmen for slow scoring, 50,000 pounds for bowlers who concede runs and 750,000 pounds for a player or official who can guarantee a match outcome.

 

It also revealed that corruption tainted last year’s World Cup semi-final between India and Pakistan.

 

 

’Bollywood actress seduced cricketers into fixing matches’; Who is she?

London: Sunday Times opened a can of worms by exorcising the ghost of match fixing in cricket.

 

The Britain-based newspaper further created a stir by claiming that a "Bollywood actress" was used by fixers to seducing cricketers into throwing games away.

 

What is even more shocking that the newspaper carried pictures of the actress in a bikini, albeit after blurring her face. Who she is, is anybody’s guess.

 

The International Cricket Council (ICC) said it would look into the claims made by the ’Sunday Times’ — which said that the Indian bookmakers are fixing the results of England county games and international fixtures.