Sonu Jahan Claims Sajid Khan of Placing Bets with Him 7 Years Ago

The IPL betting scandal saw yet another development, as Sonu Jalan who was summoned by Thane Police for being the mastermind of the whole betting fiasco revealed the name of Sajid Khan who used to place bets with him.

Sajid Khan is a reputed Bollywood director and is a high profile celebrity. Sonu named Sajid for placing bets with him around seven years ago. The reports were made public by the Times Now. Meanwhile, it must be noted that Sajid is the brother of renowned Bollywood Choreographer, Farah Khan.

However, despite his name coming up, Sajid is unlikely to be in the police net, as the incident happened seven years ago. Sajid is a pretty big name in the Bollywood industry. His name comes up just days after Arbaaz Khan, Bollywood actor and a brother of Salman Khan admitted to having placed bets on the cash-rich league for six years.

Sonu had threatened Arbaaz of owing him Rs 2.8 crores. Arbaaz has been summoned pretty recently by police for his involvement in the betting racket.

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The betting fiasco 

Along with five other bookies, Sonu’s name taken in the betting fiasco. Sonu came into the police radar when a 39-year old businessman filed an FIR against him and the five other bookies.

He accused them of extortion and threatening to murder. The FIR was filed against Jalan, Munir Khan, Surendra Bagri, Kiran Mala, Ketan Tanna and Ravi Sulayya Pujari of blackmail.

Meanwhile, cops of Thane have also recovered the screenshots of the betting rates of an IPL match on Sonu’s cell phone. The screenshots start fro Match 36 of IPL 2018 which was held between the Sunrisers Hyderabad and the Delhi Daredevils. Sonu did admit of many clients placing bets. However, he didn’t take any names.

Betting is a common practice all over the world. Though cricketing betting is illegal, it is done by the whole world. It is an easy way of making money. However, the greed of money sometimes gets on the head of the person. At times people tend to even mortgage their homes, cars and many luxurious things for betting.