NEW DELHI: All India Football Federation (AIFF) has urged India’s top investigating agency to probe allegations that some of the Minerva Punjab FC players had been approached for match fixing.
“We have requested the CBI to investigate the matter. It has asked us to send necessary documents to them. They will shortly let us know whether they would like to investigate,” AIFF general secretary Kushal Das told The Telegraph on Tuesday.
The federation, however, has decided against filing an FIR with the police since it would force them to reveal the names of the players approached for fixing.
“Since a Spanish phone number is involved in the messages allegedly sent to the Minerva players, we have also informed the AFC and the FIFA about the latest developments,” Das told the daily.
The development comes close on the heels of the owner of Minerva Punjab FC shooting off yet another letter to the AIFF on Sunday, alleging five of team players were approached to fix matches.
Thi.s is the second time that the owner of Minerva FC, Ranjit Bajaj, has brought up the charge of match fixing approaches to his players. In the second week of January, Minerva FC said two of their footballers received offers to fix matches. It was then revealed that the particular messages were sent from two numbers. While one was a local number, the other one came from a European country.
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