MATCH FIXING: Hall Of Shame

1. Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Amir, Salman Butt

Salman Butt, Mohammad Aamer and Mohammad Asif: The three Pakistani cricketers were banned by the International Cricket Council from all forms of cricket for terms of five to 10 years, after a three-man tribunal took the decision on February 5, 2011. The spot-fixing controversy broke thanks to a News of the World sting operation during Pakistan's tour of England, in which the newspaper reported the three players had accepted bribes from agent and bookie Mazhar Majeed to under-perform at certain points in the fourth Test at Lord's. Undercover reporters secretly taped Majeed informing them after accepting money that Aamer and Asif would bowl no-balls at specific points in an over.

2. Mohammad Azharudin

Mohammad Azharuddin: Former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin was accused of match-fixing after then South Africa skipper, the late Hansie Cronje said in his confession that Azhar had introduced him to bookies. Azharuddin later admitted to fixing three ODI matches and was banned from cricket for life by the BCCI in 2000. The BCCI, however, not only lifted the ban on Azharuddin in 2006, but that same year, also honoured him along with other Indian Test captains in a ceremony. He is now a Congress MP from Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh.

3. Ajay Jadeja

Ajay Jadeja: Hw was banned for five years as he was alleged to have associated himself with bookmakers. The ban was later quashed by the Delhi High Court on January 27, 2003, making Jadeja eligible to play domestic and international cricket.


4. Manoj Prabhakar

Manoj Prabhakar: Former India all-rounder Manoj Prabhakar was banned for five years in 2000 for his alleged involvement in match-fixing. Prabhakar tried to implicate his teammates including the legendary Kapil Dev in the match-fixing controversy, but the move backfired as he was banned for his own alleged involvement.


5. Waqar Younis

Waqar Younis: Current Pakistan coach Waqar Younis was alleged to have contacts with bookmakers, but these claims weren't proved. The Justice Qayyum Commission, while stating the evidence against Waqar is primarily hearsey, said there is sufficient ground to recommend a censure and added he should be kept under observation and investigated and also be fined Rs 1 lac.


6. Saeed Anwar

Saeed Anwar: Former Pakistan opening batsman came under a cloud in a Singer Cup game against Australia in 1994, where he retired hurt because of cramps with his team 80 for 2 and returned to the middle when they were 124 for 5 chasing a target of 180. Pakistan lost this match by 28 runs, and Anwar later claimed that messages sent to him from the dressing room was to be careful and not get out as was alleged by Aamir Sohail among others. Though their report cleared him of match-fixing, the Justice Qayyum Commission felt he was witholding some evidence and recommended that Anwar be fined Rs 1 lac and kept under observation.


7. Ata-Ur-Rehman

Saeed Anwar: Former Pakistan opening batsman came under a cloud in a Singer Cup game against Australia in 1994, where he retired hurt because of cramps with his team 80 for 2 and returned to the middle when they were 124 for 5 chasing a target of 180. Pakistan lost this match by 28 runs, and Anwar later claimed that messages sent to him from the dressing room was to be careful and not get out as was alleged by Aamir Sohail among others. Though their report cleared him of match-fixing, the Justice Qayyum Commission felt he was witholding some evidence and recommended that Anwar be fined Rs 1 lac and kept under observation.


8. Wasim Akram

Wasim Akram: There were allegations that former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram was involved in match fixing. An inquiry commission was set up by the Pakistan Cricket Board headed by a Pakistan high court judge, Malik Mohammad Qayyum. The judge wrote in his report that: 'This commission feels that all is not well here and that Wasim Akram is not above board. He has not co-operated with this Commission. It is only by giving Wasim Akram the benefit of the doubt after Ata-ur-Rehman changed his testimony in suspicious circumstances that he has not been found guilty of match-fixing. He cannot be said to be above suspicion.


9. Saleem Malik

Saleem Malik: When Malik was banned from cricket for life following an enquiry by Justice Qayyum's enquiry in May 2000, he became the first-ever cricketer to be banned for match fixing. Malik had captained Pakistan in South Africa and Zimbabwe before he was suspended following allegations of bribery, and though he was found innocent at the time, his fall from grace was completed when he received his life ban after Australian cricketers Shane Warne and Mark Waugh alleged Malik had offered them money to underperform during Australia's tour of Pakistan in 1994. However, a local court in Lahore lifted the ban imposed on Malik on October 23, 2008.


10. Akram Raza

Inzamam-ul-Haq and Akram Raza: The duo were alleged to have been present in the room when Saleem Malik made an offer to Rashid Latif to throw the fifth one-day match against New Zealand at Christchurch in 1993-94. The Justice Qayyum Commission while clearing them of match-fixing said 'the partial amnesia that these players seem to have developed was distressing' and believed that the two players knew more than they had revealed. Both the players were fined Rs 1 lac each.


11. Mushtaq Ahmed

Mushtaq Ahmed: The Justice Qayyum Commission report stated that Mushtaq has had associations with gamblers, and recommended that 'Mushtaq Ahmed be censured, kept under close watch and be not given any office of responsibility (selection or captaincy) in the team or on the board. Furthermore, he should be fined Rs 3 lac.'


12. Hansie Cronje

Hansie Cronje: Former South Africa captain Hansie Cronje shocked the cricketing world when he admitted to his role in a match-fixing scandal. The chain of events that brought about Cronje's downfall started on April 7, 2000, when Delhi police revealed they had a record of a conversation between the then SA skipper and Indian bookmaker Sanjay Chawla over match-fixing allegations. Apart from Cronje, three other SA players - Herschelle Gibbs, Nicky Boje and Pieter Strydom - were also implicated. Though Cronje denied any wrongdoing at first, he later admitted to accepting between $10000 to $15000 from a London-based bookmaker for 'forecasting results'. As a result, the King Commission was formed on June 7, 2000, to look into these allegations and based on their findings and players' statements, Cronje was banned from playing or coaching cricket for life on October 11.


13. Herschelle Gibbs

Herschelle Gibbs: He was involved in the match-fixing affair with former South Africa captain Hansie Cronje, who offered him $15,000 to score 'less than 20' in the third One-day International of a series against India. In his statement to the King Commission, he admitted he had initially agreed to underperform in the ODI game at Nagpur, but later reneged on the deal and scored 74 off just 53 balls in the said match; as a result he was banned for only six months.


14. Hebry Williams

Henry Williams: He and Herschelle Gibbs were banned from international cricket for six months in 2000 for match-fixing. In the King Commission hearing, he admitted to accepting money from Hansie Cronje to underperform in a One-Day International in India. Williams had been bribed to concede more than 50 runs off his 10 overs but as sustained an injury, he bowled only 11 balls in that match.


15. Marlon Samuels

Marlon Samuels: Indian police accused Samuels of giving out team information to a known bookie prior to the first ODI between the West Indies and India in Nagpur on January 21, 2007. After a hearing into the matter, the International Cricket Council enforced a mandatory ban on Samuels backdated from May 9, 2008 which kept him out of cricket for two years as he was found guilty of breaking rules designed to stop players betting on matches. His ban ended on May 9, 2010, and Samuels returned to international cricket in the recently concluded limited-overs series against Pakistan.


16. Maurice odumbe

Maurice Odumbe: In March 2004, former Kenya captain Maurice Odumbe was investigated by the International Cricket Council following allegations of possible match-fixing and was found guilty in August 2004 of receiving money from bookmakers and banned from cricket for five years.


17. Mark Waugh, Shane Warne

Mark Waugh and Shane Warne: While the younger Waugh said he had received $4000 from an Indian bookmaker for giving out pitch and weather information, the legendary leg-spinner said he had been given $5000 by the same person during Australia's tour of Sri Lanka in 1994. Cricket Australia fined Warne AUD 10000 and Waugh AUD 8000 for giving out information to bookies the following year.


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DORJEE KHANDU (INDIA LOST A DIAMOND)

Dorjee's personal information:-Arunachal  Pradesh CM Late Mr. Dorjee Khandu born on March 3, 1955 in Gonagkhaar village. CM of Arunachal Pradesh was his last achievement in politics. He elected as the CM of Arunachal Pradesh 2nd time. He became CM by replacing Gegong Apang in 2007.


Dorjee served Indian Millitory about 7 years by working in Intelligence wing. Dorjee awarded by gold medal during Bangladesh war for his outstanding works.

After leaving army he involved in social works. He worked in the area of Water, Electricity, Communication etc. In 1990 Dorjee Khandu was elected unopposed on the seat Thingbu - Maukto of Arunachal Pradesh Assembly.

He was Arunachal's first International Medal Winner in sports. He was a silver medal winner in 1982 in Delhi Asiad.

Political Leaders who died in Air Crashes:-

1. YS Rajasekhara Reddy: The Andhra Pradesh chief minister's helicopter crashed in a dense forest when he was flying to a village in Chitoor district September 3, 2009.

2. Madhavrao Scindia: Senior Congress leader and minister died in a plane crash September 30, 2001 when he was going to address a public rally in Uttar Pradesh.

3. GMC Balayogi: The Lok Sabha speaker and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader lost his life in a helicopter crash March 3, 2002. He was travelling in a Bell 206 helicopter similar to Y.S Rajasekhara Reddy's.

4. Dera Natung: In May 2001, the Arunachal Pradesh education minister and five others were killed when their Pawan Hans craft crashed near Tawang because of poor visibility.

5. OP Jindal and Surendra Singh: The noted industrialist and then Haryana agriculture minister died when their chopper went down in Uttar Pradesh on March 31, 2005.

6. C  Sangma: The Meghalaya community development minister died in a chopper crash in September 2004.

7. Surendra Nath: The Punjab governor and 12 others, including nine of his family, were killed when a state government plane crashed in a mountainous region of Himachal Pradesh state, minutes after taking off July 9, 1994.

8. Sanjay Gandhi: The younger son of former prime minister Indira Gandhi, seen as her political heir, died when the stunt plane he was flying crashed soon after taking off from the Safdarjung airport in Delhi June 23, 1980.

9. Mohan Kumaramangalam: Minister of steel in the Indira Gandhi government, Kumaramangalam was killed in a plane crash in New Delhi May 30, 1973.

10. Subhash Chandra Bose: Further back in history, the renowned freedom fighter and founder of Azad Hind Fauj is believed to have died in a plane crash in Taiwan Aug 18, 1945. His death has been a matter of dispute.

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1. November 24, 2010 : Human Bomb attack on religious function of Shiya's in Yamane. 23 killed.


2. September 20, 2008 : A big terror attack (bomb blast) on Hotel Marriott in Islamabad. 60 killed.


3. December 11, 2007 : Two human bomb attacks in Algiers. 41 killed.


4. August 14, 2007 : Blast in four trucks, full of explosive in North Iraq. 400 killed.


5. July 7, 2005 : 4 British Muslims attacked on buses and trains in London. 56 killed.


6. March 11, 2004 : Bomb Blast in 4 trains in Madrid. 191 killed, 200 injured.


7. March 2, 2004 : Terror attack in Baghdad and Karbala. 180 killed.


8. November 15,20, 2003 : Turkic terrorists of Al-Quida attacked on  British Consulate and Bank in Istanbul. 63 killed and hundreds injured.


9. May 16, 2003 : 5 serial bomb blasts in Casablanca, Morocco. 30 killed.


10. May 12, 2003 : Three terror attacks in Riyadh. 35 killed including 9 Americans.


11. October 12, 2002 : Bomb Blast in Bali, Indonesia. 202 killed.


12. April 11, 2002 : Attack by truck in Jerba Island, Tunisia. 21 killed including 14 Germans.


13. September 11, 2001 : Big terror attack on America. Two hijacked planes crashed in World Trade Center. Attacked on Pentagon, Washington  by 3rd plane. 4th plane crashed in village area of Pennsylvania. 3000 killed. 


14. August 7, 1998 : Attacked on American Consulate in Nairobi and Dar-E-Salam. 224 killed and 5000 injured.


15. June 25, 1996 : Attacked by truck bomb on the base camp of American Millitory in Dhahran, Saudi Arab. 19 Americans killed, 386 injured.


16. February 26, 1993 : Bomb Blast in the basement of World Trade Center, New York. 6 killed, 1000 injured.

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WORLD'S MOST WANTED FUGITIVES AND CRIMINALS

1. OSAMA BIN LADEN

Osama Bin Laden is the leader of "Al-Qaeda", a terrorist organization.

Osama Bin Laden is wanted in connection with the August 7,1998, bombings of the United States Embassies in Dar killed over 200 people. In addition Laden is a suspect in other terrorist attacks throughout the world.

Osama Bin Laden is the subject of a $50 million reward through the State Department's Rewards for Justice program targeting international fugitives, especially alleged terrorists, plus $2 million through a program developed and funded by the Air Line Pilots Association and the Air Transport Association.

2. ROBERT WILLIAM FISHER

Robert William Fisher is wanted for killing his wife and two young children and then blowing up the house in which they all lived in ScottsDale, Arizona in April 2001.

Investigators have considered that Robert Fisher murdered his family because he felt threatened by his wife's intent to divorce.

The FBI is offering a reward of up to $100,000 for information leading directly to the arrest of Fisher.

3. ALEXIS FLORES

Alexis Flores is wanted for kidnapping and murder of five year old girl in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in July 2000. He was deported back to his native Honduras in 2005 after serving a prison term for forgery in Arizona.

The FBI is offering a reward of up to $100,000 for information leading directly to the arrest of Flores.

4. SEMION MOGILEVICH

Semion Mogilevich is wanted for his alleged participation in a multi-million dollar scheme to defraud thousands of investors in the stock of a public company incorporated in Canada, but headquarter in Newtown, Pennsylvania, between 1993 and 1998. The scheme to defraud collapsed in 1998, after thousands of investors lost in excess of $150 million, and Mogilevich, thought to have allegedly funded and authorized the scheme, was indicated in April 2003.

The FBI is offering a reward of up to $100,000 for information leading directly to the arrest of Semion Mogilevich.

5. JASON DEREK BROWN

Jason Derek Brown is wanted for murder and armed robbery in Phoenix, Arizona. Authorities say that in November 2004, Brown allegedly shot and killed an armored car guard outside a movie theater and fled on a bicycle with $56,000 in a duffel bag.

The FBI is offering a reward of up to $100,000 for information leading directly to the arrest of Jason Brown.

6. GLEN STEWART GODWIN

Glen Stewart Godwin is wanted for his 1987 escape from Folsom State Prison in California, where he was serving a lengthy sentence for murder. He was subsequently imprisoned in Mexico on drug trafficking charges, but escaped from prison after allegedly murdering a fellow inmate.

The FBI is offering a reward of up to $100,000 for information leading directly to the arrest of Glen Godwin.

7. EDUARDO RAVELO

Eduardo Ravelo is wanted for his alleged involvement in racketeering activities, conspiracy to launder monetary instruments, and conspiracy to possess heroin, cocaine and marijuana with the intent to distribute. His alleged criminal activities began in 2003.

The FBI is offering a reward of up to $100,000 for information leading directly to the arrest of Eduardo Ravelo.

8. JOE LUIS SAENZ

Joe Luis Saenz is wanted for allegedly shooting and killing two rival gang members in Los Angeles on July 25, 1998. Then, less than two weeks later, on August 5, 1998, Saenz allegedly kidnapped, raped and murdered his girlfriend. Additionally, Saenz is also a suspect of a 2008 murder in Whittier, California.

The FBI is offering a reward of up to $100,000 for information leading directly to the arrest of Luis Saenz.

9. JAMES J. BULGER

James J. Bulger is wanted for his role in 19 counts of murders committed from the early 1970s through the mid 1980s in connection with his leadership of an organized crime group that allegedly controlled extortion, drug deals, and other illegal activities in the Boston, Massachusetts, area. He has a violent temper and is known to carry a knife at all times. He was once the boss of Boston's Winter Hill Gang before he went into hiding. The reward for information leading to Bulger's capture is $2,000,000.

10. VICTOR MANUEL GERENA

Victor Manuel Gerena is wanted in connection with the armed robbery of approximately $7 million from a security company in West Hartford Connecticut in 1983. He allegedly took two security employees hostage at gunpoint and handcuffed, bound, and injected them with an unknown, non lethal substance to further disable them.

The FBI is offering a reward of up to $1,000,000 for information leading of Gerena's capture.

11. OMID TAHVILI

Born in Tehran, Iran,Omid Tahvili is the kingpin of an Iranian organized crime family in Canada. Tahvili’s family is connected to various international crime organizations. In April 2008, he was listed as one of the world’s most wanted fugitives.

12. DAWOOD IBRAHIM

After the 1993 Bombay bombings, Ibrahim became India’s most wanted man.It is thought that Ibrahim maintains close links with al-Qaida’s Osama bin Laden. 

United States declared Dawood Ibrahim a “global terrorist” in 2003.

13. FELICIEN KABUGA

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda issued an international arrest warrant for Kabuga in August 1999. He was charged with genocide, conspiracy to commit genocide, and complicity in genocide.

14. ALFONSO CANO

Colombia’s Administrative Department of Security issued warrants through Interpol to 179 countries for Cano.There is also a reward of up to US$500,000 for any information leading to the arrest of the FARC leader. The RARC-EP is a group of Colombian rebels responsible for distention and several score of human rights violations.

15. JOSEPH KONY

Joseph Kony is the head of the Lord’s Resistance Army, a guerrilla group that is engaged in a violent campaign to establish theocratic government in Uganda. Estimates state that the LRA has abducted an estimated 30,000 children and displaced 1.6 million people since its rebellion began in 1986. Currently Kony is wanted internationally for Human Rights violations and is hiding in a jungle somewhere in Africa.