<p>Mumbai Police today detained one more bookie at the international airport here in connection with the IPL betting racket.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"We have detained Kishore Badlani alias Kishore Pune at the Mumbai international airport," said police sources.<br /><br />Badlani, who had reportedly gone to Europe after his name cropped up in the betting racket, was taken into custody on his return, they said.<br /><br />Police are now questioning Badlani as he could be a major link between the bookies in India and Pakistan.<br /><br />Meanwhile, CSK team owner Gurunath Meiyappan and actor Vindoo Randhawa, will be produced in the court later in the day as their police custody ends today.<br /><br />On May 31, a Mumbai court had extended the police remand of Meiyappan, Vindoo and two others arrested in the IPL betting case till June 3 after prosecution sought further custody to unravel their connection with absconding bookies.<br /><br />On Saturday, Mumbai cops got the custody of Delhi-based bookie Ashwin Agarwal alias Tinku Delhi in the betting case.<br /><br />A local court had remanded him in crime branch's custody till June 6 after it said that they wanted to find out whether Tinku had links with IPL players other than Ajit Chandila.<br /><br />Tinku placed bets using a mobile number registered in the name of one Kothari and the crime branch wanted to trace this person, public prosecutor Wajid Sheikh had said.<br /><br />The court had also extended the police custody of Pune-based bookies Dinesh Sharma and Kishore Pablani till June 6. Prosecutor Sheikh said police wanted information from them about co-accused Badlani to which defence lawyers had said that he was abroad and his family had informed police that he would be returning to India on June 3.<br /><br />So far, Mumbai Police have arrested 13 persons in connection with the IPL betting racket. <br /></p>
<p>Mumbai Police today detained one more bookie at the international airport here in connection with the IPL betting racket.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"We have detained Kishore Badlani alias Kishore Pune at the Mumbai international airport," said police sources.<br /><br />Badlani, who had reportedly gone to Europe after his name cropped up in the betting racket, was taken into custody on his return, they said.<br /><br />Police are now questioning Badlani as he could be a major link between the bookies in India and Pakistan.<br /><br />Meanwhile, CSK team owner Gurunath Meiyappan and actor Vindoo Randhawa, will be produced in the court later in the day as their police custody ends today.<br /><br />On May 31, a Mumbai court had extended the police remand of Meiyappan, Vindoo and two others arrested in the IPL betting case till June 3 after prosecution sought further custody to unravel their connection with absconding bookies.<br /><br />On Saturday, Mumbai cops got the custody of Delhi-based bookie Ashwin Agarwal alias Tinku Delhi in the betting case.<br /><br />A local court had remanded him in crime branch's custody till June 6 after it said that they wanted to find out whether Tinku had links with IPL players other than Ajit Chandila.<br /><br />Tinku placed bets using a mobile number registered in the name of one Kothari and the crime branch wanted to trace this person, public prosecutor Wajid Sheikh had said.<br /><br />The court had also extended the police custody of Pune-based bookies Dinesh Sharma and Kishore Pablani till June 6. Prosecutor Sheikh said police wanted information from them about co-accused Badlani to which defence lawyers had said that he was abroad and his family had informed police that he would be returning to India on June 3.<br /><br />So far, Mumbai Police have arrested 13 persons in connection with the IPL betting racket. <br /></p>