The suspect, identified as Manjot Kalra, was arrested at a hotel in Colombo as he was “about to pay” a player 9.5 million rupees ($28,700), inspector Supun Vidanage of the Sports Investigation Unit said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said Kalra would be produced before a magistrate soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The player had alerted police when he was first approached about 10 days earlier, Vidanage said, without naming him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The sixth edition of the T20 domestic tournament is set to open on Friday night in the capital Colombo with a match between the Jaffna and Galle teams. Kalra is a co-owner of the Jaffna team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The tournament has been marred by allegations of corruption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In January, a Sri Lankan court handed the British owner of an LPL team a four-year suspended sentence over match-fixing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bangladesh-born Tamim Rahman, owner of Dambulla Thunders, admitted to attempting to influence a player and organise betting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rahman was handed a four-year jail term, suspended for five years. He was also fined 24 million rupees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The conviction was in line with a strict 2019 law aimed at preventing corruption in sports in Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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