The court has demanded Rs 500,000 from Ritesh Thapa and Anjan KC, Rs 150,000 from Sagar Thapa and Rs 50,000 from Bikash Chhetri and Sandip Rai as a bail amount.The government had chargesheeted the footballers with treason demanding life term for them.
The Special Court on Monday had begun hearing on the treason charges against five footballers and a physiotherapist after recording their statements over their alleged involvement in match-fixing during international matches.
During an hour-long court inquiry, the players denied their involvement in the match-fixing and repeated that they were framed.
Two of them said that they received money as an advance for their association with international clubs. However, the chargesheet presented at the Special Court states that the cause of the different financial transactions made at different intervals remains unclear.
It was unveiled that Rs 3.9 million was received by various players with the involvement of their kin, including mother and brother, among others.
The chargesheet includes five transactions made with Malaysian citizen Kesavan Pattan since 2012 and a transaction with Singapore citizen Titani So Periasamy in 2009. In each transaction, KC is found to have received cash himself using control numbers sent from the international agents.
The other agents sending money to KC were Avudaiyappan Palaniappan, Jivananthan Superamani and Manimuthu Arumugam.
Similarly, Ritesh Thapa is found to have revceived money from Singaporian Titani So Periasamy in 2009 using control number.
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