Jayasuriya accused of smuggling rotten betel nut into India: Reports

Former Sri Lankan cricketer Sanath Jayasuriya has been accused of smuggling rotten betel nut into India, International Business Times reported.

Director of the Revenue Intelligence team in India, Dainik Baskhar was quoted as saying Jayasuriya had been questioned in Mumbai with regard to the incident.

He had also said that two other cricketers will be called for questioning on December 02 while adding that a letter has been addressed to the Sri Lankan government in this regard.

A raid carried out in Nagpur brought to light that fake documents were prepared to aid in the activity and the production was done in Sri Lanka to evade the heavy import duty.

It was learnt that Sri Lankan cricketers used their influence to obtain fake licences from the Sri Lankan government and form dummy companies.

Indonesia's rotten betel nut is a massive source of income for businessmen in India as they have to pay only 25% of the original value – buy betel nut worth Rs 100 crore at Rs 25 crore. This rotten betel nut is then mixed with good quality betel in different parts of the country.

The Dainik Bhaskar report also claimed that a non-bailable arrest warrant has been issued against Prakash Goyal, a businessman in Nagpur, and his factory has been sealed.