Arbaaz Khan confesses to IPL betting

Bollywood actor and film-maker Arbaaz Khan has confessed before police about his involvement in IPL betting racket, reported news agency ANI.

Earlier in the morning, has appeared before Police in Thane to record his statement before the police in connection with IPL betting racket.

The city police on Friday had issued summons to the 50- year-old actor-producer for recording his statement on Saturday in connection with the betting racket.

In a letter sent to Arbaaz, the police asked him to join the probe in the wake of arrest of an alleged bookie who was placing bets on the recently-concluded Indian Premier League (IPL), a police official had said.

Arbaaz reached the office of the Thane Police's Anti-Extortion Cell (AEC) for recording his statement, said DCP (Crime) Abhishek Trimukhe.

The AEC busted the racket on May 15 with the arrest of four people in Mumbai, including Sonu Jalan alias Sonu Malad, who is believed to be one of the top bookies of the country, officials have said.

During the investigation, a "connection" between Jalan and Arbaaz was established, said Pradeep Sharma, Senior Inspector and head of the AEC, on Friday.

"We suspect that Arbaaz Khan had placed bets on IPL matches and want to scrutinise his bank transactions," another police official said

Arbaaz allegedly lost ₹2.80 crore in betting to Jalan and was not paying the amount, following which the bookie had threatened the actor, the official had said, citing the interrogation of the arrested accused.

With PTI inputs