New Delhi: In fresh trouble for three former Rajasthan Royals players Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan, some CCTV footage has been released which shows the arrested cricketers with bookie Jiju Janardhanan.
The visuals were taken from the Marriott Hotel in Chandigarh on the day of the IPL match at Mohali. The footage shows Sreesanth meeting the other two players and then Janardhanan.
He can also be seen roaming the corridors of the hotel till 5:30 am in the morning. Two young women are also seen in the footage.
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09:23 AM, May 26, 2013
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