Bangladesh-born team owner Tamim Rahman gets sentenced in match-fixing case

A Sri Lankan tribunal connected Wednesday sentenced the proprietor of a squad successful the country’s home T20 league to a suspended situation word successful a match-fixing case, quality bureau AFP reported, quoting an official.Bangladesh-born Tamim Rahman, a British nationalist and proprietor of the Dambulla Thunders, admitted to charges that helium had tried to power a subordinate and put betting during the tournament.

Following his blameworthy plea, Rahman was convicted and fixed a four-year jailhouse sentence, which has been suspended for 5 years, the tribunal authoritative said, speaking to AFP connected information of anonymity.The Colombo precocious tribunal besides imposed a good of 24 cardinal Sri Lankan rupees (USD 80,000).The condemnation was delivered nether a strict instrumentality introduced successful 2019 to curb corruption successful sports successful Sri Lanka.Rahman was arrested successful 2024 aft the subordinate progressive reported the attack to authorities. It was the archetypal apprehension of a Premier League squad authoritative since the contention was launched six years ago.He was detained astatine Colombo airdrome portion attempting to committee a formation to Dubai and spent respective weeks successful custody earlier being released connected bail.The tribunal authoritative said an apprehension warrant has been issued for squad manager Mujeeb Ur Rehman, a Pakistani national, who is besides accused successful the case.