In connection with the match-fixing case, the CBI travelled to the AIFF headquarters in Delhi.
In an alleged football match-fixing case, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has opened a preliminary investigation. In regard to suspicions of football match-fixing, the CBI recently visited the All India Football Federation (AIFF) headquarters in Delhi and requested further information about the clubs and their investments, according to sources cited by ANI.
“Match-fixing is not tolerated by our organisation. We have requested that the CBI probe be assisted by all interested clubs, according to AIFF Secretary General Shaji Prabhakaran, speaking to ANI.
According to media sources, the five clubs under investigation competed together in the I-League. The Indian Super League (ISL) replaced the I-competition as the premier league, demoting it to the second tier.
According to sources who spoke with ANI, “CBI inspectors recently visited the Delhi-based All India Football Federation (AIFF) Headquarters and requested further information about the teams and their investments in connection with the alleged match-fixing in football.”
According to ANI sources, the CBI is looking into claims that match-fixer Wilson Raj Perumal, who resides in Singapore, invested in Indian teams through Living 3D Holdings Limited. Wilson has earlier convictions from Finland and Hungary as well as a 1995 sentence in Singapore for match-fixing.
As part of the ongoing investigation in this matter, the CBI has written to a few football teams who are implicated, asking for information regarding their investment data. A CBI agent told ANI that it was “too early to say anything on this” in response to the issue of whether football club executives may be called in for interrogation.