Gujarat cricketer who sold fake IPL dreams arrested

April 02, 2013 22:59

A Gujarat-based cricketer, who was one of the probables of an IPL franchise, was arrested in Ahmedabad for allegedly cheating five local cricketers of Rs 38 lakh by promising them a place in Indian Premier League (IPL) teams, police said.

The Cyber Crime Cell of the Crime Branch arrested Hetarth Gohil, who was one of the probables called by Deccan Chargers team in the Season 3 of IPL.

"We have arrested Hetarth Gohil for cheating five local cricketers by promising them places in IPL teams in lieu of money," Assistant Commissioner of Police (Cyber Crime) K N Patel told reporters here.

"We have received several bogus documents from Gohil's possession and fake documents in the name of Anurag Thakur and his secretary Anurag Salvi. He collected Rs 38 lakh from his friends," the ACP said.

Gohil enticed his friends -- Hitesh Vaghela, Satyavir Chauhan, Unmesh Joshi, Iqbal Momin and Dipty Chauhan -- by showing his photographs with players of Deccan Chargers and the support staff, police said, adding that he told his friends he had received three years' contract for playing with the team.

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