Sreesanth,Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila arrested, suspended by BCCI

New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals pace spearhead S Sreesanth and two other players - Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila - have been arrested on charges of spot-fixing.

The police have also arrested seven bookies in Mumbai and three bookies in Delhi in connection with the case. They are looking for two more bookies in Delhi.

The special cell of the Delhi police arrested Sreesanth from his friend's place in Mumbai while the other two cricketers were arrested last night from the team hotel at Nariman Point.

According to reports, the Delhi Police had been tapping phone calls of several bookies and cricketers, and incriminating evidence has been found against these three players.

According to reports in a leading news channel, arrested bookie Jiju Janardhan is a cousin of arrested cricketer S Sreesanth.The bookie played in the Under 19 and Under 21 squads for Gujarat. 

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has suspended all the three Rajasthan Royals players pending inquiry.

Two other players are also believed to be under the scanner. 

Sreesanth, a veteran of 53 ODIs and 27 Tests, has been in the news for wrong reasons throughout his career.

He had recently sparked off a controversy by taking to a social networking website to express his frustations at the 'slapgate' controversy involving himself and Harbhajan Singh.