Bookie Deepak Aggarwal's Threats Made Indian Cricketer Commit Suicide

Bookie Deepak Aggarwal might have been all over the news from the last one day but the International Cricket Council (ICC) is well aware of that man. Bangladesh star Shakib Al Hasan was slapped with the ban for failing to report the approaches from Deepak Aggarwal. The alleged corruptor had first contacted Shakib in November 2017.

Since then, he messaged the Bangladesh legend a number of times, seeking information about the teams. Deepak Aggarwal has been under the ICC scanner for quite some time now because of his spot-fixing attempts in franchise cricket leagues including the international matches.

Indian police detained him back in April 2017 in the Indian city of Raigarh along with two others. Deepak Aggarwal had to serve jail time but it did not make any difference as he continued with his malpractices. In fact, after getting out of the jail, Deepak Agarwal’s match-fixing attempts were in full swing.

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Amidst all these, his actions led to the death of a 29-year old cricketer from India. The player was Vijay Kumar who committed suicide by hanging himself at his house in Ghantaghar area of Udaipur after receiving threats from the bookie.

Before he committed suicide, he left a note in which he had claimed that he had borrowed a sum of 5 lakh rupees. The player had gone into depression after taking the hefty amount. In his suicide note, Vijay Kumar had accused Deepak Agarwal of threatening him into placing bets.

“He left a suicide note in which he claimed that he had borrowed Rs 5 lakh from a bookie and went into depression after that. He had accused one bookie identified as Deepak Agrawal of coercing him into placing bets. In the note, he requested authorities to get the money back to his family from Deepak,” Tejraj Singh, additional SP of Udaipur City added in a statement.

Shakib Al Hasan has also paid the price for not approaching the authorities after being approached by Deepak. He will be able to resume playing in international cricket in October next year provided he does not commit any offence under the Anti-Corruption Unit code during the initial one-year suspension.