(UTV|COLOMBO) – The photograph above shows a match-fixer exposed in Al Jazeera’s documentary about corruption in cricket standing just metres away from two then-current England internationals, Al Jazeera reported.
Aneel Munawar, an alleged match-fixer from Mumbai, is hovering close to Graeme Swann, wearing a light-coloured shirt and Tim Bresnan, in a hotel lobby in Sri Lanka.
There is certainly no suggestion that either of the players did anything wrong or that they had anything to do with Munawar or knew who he was, whether at the time or subsequently. Nor is there any suggestion that either player has ever been involved in any form of match-fixing or other misconduct.
But the photograph illustrates how match-fixers are adept at getting into places where they can get close to international players.
The photograph was taken at the Cinnamon Grand Hotel in Colombo during the World Twenty20 tournament in 2012.
The presence of Munawar, identified by Indian intelligence sources as working for the D-Company crime syndicate, raises questions about his role at the tournament.
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