Responding to Nepal Police's request, the court decided to give police seven more days to collect details of the match-fixing amount transferred from foreign agents, receive related documents from All Nepal Football Association (ANFA), and investigate involvement of other people dragged in the scandal.According to court staff Ram Mani Phunyal, the accused footballers will be produced before the court on November 8, Sunday.
Earlier on Tuesday, the Special Court had remanded the players to 17 days in judicial custody in order to complete the taking of their statements and carry out further investigations.
Five footballers, including national team skipper Sagar Thapa, were arrested on October 14 for their alleged involvement in match-fixing during international fixtures, under the financial inducement of bookies.
The arrested are three national players --Thapa, Sandeep Rai and Ritesh Thapa -- and two former Nepali internationals - Anjan KC and Bikash Singh Chhetri. Most of them were defenders.
The players during their court appearance denied their involvement in any wrongdoing and claimed that they were innocent. Police claim that in the video confession, players have accepted their involvement in match-fixing.
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