The administration and the ICC, the international cricket governing body, monitor the activities of certain groups betting on fixing and extracting money by manipulating the results in their favor.
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Ten people have been arrested in Kathmandu on charges of betting on the ongoing Nepal Premier League and offering spot-fixing to players. According to police, nine of the 10 arrested are Indians. Police investigations have revealed that they came from India specifically to place bets.
Police arrested a Nepali and an Indian on November 3 on charges of trying to exert undue influence by contacting players through Instagram under the pretext of sponsoring them in the NPL. Dilpreet Singh from Haryana, India, and a Nepali woman, Revika Singh Thakuri, were taken into custody by the police after they were found offering players up to Rs 10 million for spot-fixing.
Similarly, 8 Indians were arrested on November 6 on charges of betting on each ball. Those arrested are Raja Yadula, Mahesh Babu, Pandit Srinivasulu, Sheikh Shoyab, Naveen Maddela, Mohammed Rafi Sheikh, Saikumar, Sheikh Chand Basal, who are from Andhra Pradesh, India, and currently living in Kathmandu. They were caught from the parapet of the Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground in Kirtipur. They have made transactions worth about 25 million rupees through websites like 'Stake.com' and 'Betbook.com', said Pawan Kumar Bhattarai, spokesperson for the District Police Range, Kathmandu. 
The administration and the international cricket regulatory body ICC monitor the activities of certain groups betting on the basis of fixing and collecting money by changing the results in their favor. Nepal Police is still monitoring the betting people. But former Deputy Inspector General of Police Hemant Malla Thakuri said that the government has not yet invested enough in technical crime investigations. He said, 'The government is ready to address the increasing threat of cybercrime.'
Police investigations have revealed that bookmakers from India came to the players on the day the NPL started and made illegal offers to them and in groups for betting. An investigation is also underway into the means used to lure players for betting.
Betting and attempts to spot-fix players are not new to Nepal. In 2072, Nepalese football players were also accused of match-fixing. On 27 Asoj 2072, the then Metropolitan Crime Division arrested the then national team captain Sagar Thapa, vice-captain Sandeep Rai, goalkeeper Ritesh Thapa, and Bikash Singh Chhetri, along with players, on charges of fixing international football competitions with various countries. The police alleged that Nepal had been found to have deliberately lost international matches played since 2008 by accepting money. Although they confessed to the crime to the police, they denied it in court. They were later acquitted by the court.
