<p>The Rajasthan Royals Monday filed a police complaint against their three players arrested for alleged spot-fixing in IPL matches and, pending inquiry, suspended the trio's contracts. <br /><br /></p>.<p>"Based on the information provided by the authorities, the contracts of all three players have been suspended pending enquiry. We have already filed a complaint with the Delhi Police against all three players earlier today," Rajasthan Royals chairman Ranjit Barthakur said referring to S. Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan. <br /><br />A case under sections 420 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code was registered in the case lodged by now-slain inspector Badrish Dutt of Delhi Police's Special Cell, who intercepted the phone conversations between the bookies and the IPL players for spot-fixing.<br /><br />Delhi Police arrested the three cricketers in Mumbai late Wednesday night on spot-fixing charges, triggering off a huge controversy in the middle of the Indian Premier League's sixth season. <br /><br />Amongst the other decisions taken by the team, there will be increased security cover for the players during the play-off against Sunrisers Hyderabad here Wednesday. <br /><br />"As the Royals prepare for the playoffs this week, the team has re-grouped itself after the shocking events of last week and are preparing for the play-offs. The security deployment for the team has been expanded, again in close consultation with the BCCI," said Barthakur a day after BCCI ordered an internal probe into the scandal.<br /><br />"The franchise is in daily contact with the police authorities in Delhi, Jaipur and Mumbai for providing any cooperation/information that they might require.<br /><br />"We have initiated additional internal measures, all developed with the full support of the players at their weekend regroup in Jaipur," he added.<br /><br />Earlier Monday, Delhi Police recovered Rs.20 lakh from the house of a relative of Chandila in Haryana's Palwal. <br /><br />Delhi Police arrested S. Sreesanth, Chandila and Ankeet Chavan and 12 bookies in a post-midnight operation in Delhi, Mumbai and Ahmedabad May 16 for spot-fixing in IPL matches -- for payments of up to Rs.60 lakh, they would give away a pre-determined number of runs in an over.<br /><br />Three more people were arrested in connection with the case Sunday early morning from Maharashtra's Aurangabad city. The three -- Sunil Bhatia, 44, Kiran Dole, 43, and Manish Gudewa, 32 - all natives of Nagpur -- are "fixers" who mediated between the bookies and the players.<br /></p>
<p>The Rajasthan Royals Monday filed a police complaint against their three players arrested for alleged spot-fixing in IPL matches and, pending inquiry, suspended the trio's contracts. <br /><br /></p>.<p>"Based on the information provided by the authorities, the contracts of all three players have been suspended pending enquiry. We have already filed a complaint with the Delhi Police against all three players earlier today," Rajasthan Royals chairman Ranjit Barthakur said referring to S. Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan. <br /><br />A case under sections 420 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code was registered in the case lodged by now-slain inspector Badrish Dutt of Delhi Police's Special Cell, who intercepted the phone conversations between the bookies and the IPL players for spot-fixing.<br /><br />Delhi Police arrested the three cricketers in Mumbai late Wednesday night on spot-fixing charges, triggering off a huge controversy in the middle of the Indian Premier League's sixth season. <br /><br />Amongst the other decisions taken by the team, there will be increased security cover for the players during the play-off against Sunrisers Hyderabad here Wednesday. <br /><br />"As the Royals prepare for the playoffs this week, the team has re-grouped itself after the shocking events of last week and are preparing for the play-offs. The security deployment for the team has been expanded, again in close consultation with the BCCI," said Barthakur a day after BCCI ordered an internal probe into the scandal.<br /><br />"The franchise is in daily contact with the police authorities in Delhi, Jaipur and Mumbai for providing any cooperation/information that they might require.<br /><br />"We have initiated additional internal measures, all developed with the full support of the players at their weekend regroup in Jaipur," he added.<br /><br />Earlier Monday, Delhi Police recovered Rs.20 lakh from the house of a relative of Chandila in Haryana's Palwal. <br /><br />Delhi Police arrested S. Sreesanth, Chandila and Ankeet Chavan and 12 bookies in a post-midnight operation in Delhi, Mumbai and Ahmedabad May 16 for spot-fixing in IPL matches -- for payments of up to Rs.60 lakh, they would give away a pre-determined number of runs in an over.<br /><br />Three more people were arrested in connection with the case Sunday early morning from Maharashtra's Aurangabad city. The three -- Sunil Bhatia, 44, Kiran Dole, 43, and Manish Gudewa, 32 - all natives of Nagpur -- are "fixers" who mediated between the bookies and the players.<br /></p>