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    A day after player auction, an LPL team owner remanded over matches-fixing allegations 
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    A Day After Player Auction, an LPL team Owner remanded over Matches-fixing Allegations 

    By IANS News May 22, 2024 • 18:48 PM View: 883
    Lanka Premier League: Just a day after a player auction was held for the Lanka Premier League (LPL) 2024, the owner of one of the five franchise teams, Dambulla Thunders, was arrested and remanded to police custody over allegations of match-fixing.

    Tamim Rahman, a Bangladeshi national holding a British passport who is the owner of Dambulla Thunders, was arrested by officials of the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) for the Prevention of Offences Relating to Sports at the Sports Ministry. Rahman was arrested at the Katunayake airport as he was waiting to leave the country on Wednesday.

    The suspect, a businessman, was produced before a court over the suspicion of fixing matches in the tournament, which is scheduled to get underway on July 1. He was remanded till May 31.

    TAGS Lanka Premier League Dambulla Thunders Tamim Rahman Special Investigation Unit Offences Relating Sports Ministry Sri Lanka Attorney General International Cricket Council Imperial Sports Group
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