Manoj Prabhakar being taken to court for his involvement in a financial scam, New Delhi, July 2, 2001© AFP
A Delhi police officer stands guard in front of the flat of former cricketer Manoj Prabhakar during a raid by income tax officials. Income tax officials have raided the homes of top Indian cricket players around the country, threatening a fresh scandal in a sport already laid low by match-fixing charges.© AFP
Former Indian-all-round cricketer Manjor Prabhakar (L) speaks to Nafisa Ali, former beauty queen, Miss India, film actress turned AIDS activist at a press conference in New Delhi, 27 May 2000. Prabhakar said Indian cricketing icon Kapil Dev had offered him 2.5 million rupees (58,139 USD) in 1994 to throw a match against Pakistan.© AFP