A bookie, who had been in touch with his associates in Pakistan and Dubai while accepting bets during the recent IPL season, was today arrested here after being picked up from Rajasthan, the police said.

With this, the total number of arrests made in the IPL betting scandal has gone up to 18, a crime branch official said. Acting on a tip-off, a crime branch team picked up Rakeshkumar Gangwal, 50, from his residence in Jaipur yesterday and brought him to Mumbai before placing him under arrest, the official added.

The accused would be produced before a court tomorrow, police said. Gangwal was in touch with five bookies- three Pakistanis and two from Dubai -- through another bookie Ramesh Vyas, who is already behind bars in the same case.

The five foreign associates with whom Gangwal was in constant touch with were Babloo, Master Salman, Javed UBL, 100 and Vickey 26, which are code names of the bookies.

However, among these five, police did not divulge who are from Pakistan and who are from Dubai.