Uttar Pradesh man arrested for deceiving young cricketers for money

Saurav Bhamri, a former cricketer was arrested by the police for allegedly misleading young cricketers. The 29-year-old assured the youngsters that they will be sent to Australia to play the game of cricket which turned out to be a fraud. He was arrested in his hometown at Hapur in Uttar Pradesh.

According to a police officer, the Crime Branch found him after breaking out in his hometown on Monday. He added that Bhamri shifted from place to place regularly before that to skip the eye of the police.

What the police had to say:

“A manhunt was launched for him last month but he evaded arrest by changing his hideouts. The Crime Branch on Monday raided his hometown and arrested him,” a police officer told IANS.

It was also reported that Bhamri not only made fake commitments to the cricketers but also took huge amounts of money from them. He charged sums of 5 to 20 Lakhs from each person for sending them to Australia to play cricket. He even distributed fake visas among the young talents.

Bhamri lured the lads in his words by saying that he has good contacts the cricket associations in Australia. He is currently under interrogation.

“He was taking money from young cricketers after promising to send them to Australia for club matches. He gave fake visas to them. He took Rs 5 to 20 lakh from every person,” the officer added.

“He boasted that he had good contacts with Australian cricket associations… We are interrogating him.” he added.

Cases of cheating, frauds and criminal activities are relating to the world of cricket are familiar in India. We got another example of the same yesterday when reports broke about a Haryana Woman’s team cricketer was raped by a priest named Vidyanand. Vidyanand asked the lady to come to Haridwar, where by promising to marry her, the priest raped her in the doorway of god’s own land (as Haridwar is known to the locals by its name).