Minerva owner Bajaj flags match-fixing attempt saying it is 'creeping' in India's lower leagues

April 14 - A bookmaker has reportedly approached two Delhi FC players in India's second division I-League with the aim of fixing matches, Minerva club owner Ranjit Bajaj has claimed.

In March, players were contacted several times and promised that they could "make a lot of money" by the match fixer, who even wrote to players explaining that the matches of the I-League 2 are broadcast in betting shops. and thus arouse the interest of bettors.

The players reported the approach to Bajaj (pictured), who says he filed a complaint on the Asian Football Confederation app but has so far only received no answer.

Bajaj then went public, posting screenshots of messages sent to players on social media. He claimed that there were "huge match-fixing or match-fixing in Indian football and this is happening especially in the state leagues and the I-League Second Division".

Claiming he is the only one to report it, he told local media: "They only spin the racket in the lower leagues. At least half of the games in those leagues are all rigged. I also know how much money has changed hands. So it's rampant. You can just buy players, referees and teams for just a few hundred thousand euros."

The General Secretary of the All India Football Federation (AIFF), Shaji Prabhakaran reacted by saying, "We have zero tolerance in this regard."

The message from the matchfixer was: "…Is it possible to know the result of your match before it is played or maybe how many goals will be scored…you can make a lot of money…"

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