In the undercover footage, Nagaland pacer and former Delhi school cricketer Rachit Bhatia is seen alleging that he fixed matches and passed confidential playing XIs to bookmakers.

According to the report, Bhatia claimed he shared Indian Premier League (IPL) side Chennai Super Kings’ team details with London-based bookies via Snapchat before the toss during the 2025 IPL season, asserting he earned large sums in the process.

He also spoke of similar activities in the Delhi Premier League and other state competitions, as well as accepting payments from parents to secure places for children in age-group sides.

These claims, which have not been verified by any competent authority, have once again raised concerns about the vulnerability of franchise and lower-tier cricket in India to corrupt approaches.

The Delhi and District Cricket Association responded on Tuesday to the controversy surrounding the recently concluded Delhi Premier League. A senior DDCA official confirmed to Press Trust of India (PTI) news agency that only one corrupt approach related to match-fixing had been reported to the league’s Anti-Corruption Unit during the tournament.

“Central Delhi’s Vansh Bedi was approached by a fixer and he immediately reported the matter to the ACU,” the official was quoted as saying by PTI.

Bedi, 23, who represented Central Delhi Kings and had earlier been part of the Chennai Super Kings squad in the 2025 IPL, followed protocol by promptly flagging the approach.

The DDCA has formally informed the Board of Control for Cricket in India and sought its guidance. No other official complaints were lodged with the ACU, the official added.

DDCA Secretary Ashok Sharma said Bedi reported an approach from a player from Uttar Pradesh who was also playing in a T20 league in that state. The association underlined that security liaison officers had been deployed with every team and described its anti-corruption arrangements as “watertight.”

In a statement, the DDCA termed the broader allegations emerging from the Tehelka investigation “unverified” and cautioned against drawing conclusions about any player or franchise solely on the basis of such reports. It confirmed it had written to the relevant authorities requesting a proper examination of the matter.

Bedi has denied any link to the match-fixing claims made in the sting, describing certain reports associating him with them as false and defamatory, and said his legal team was pursuing action.

Published in Dawn, September 23rd, 2026

At least 23 people were killed in the September 18’s deadly two-pronged assault, including 17 policemen and six civilians.

After detonating an explosives-laden vehicle near a mosque in old Police Lines during Friday prayers, terrorists stormed the compound and attacked police facilities. KP police said eight terrorists were killed in retaliatory action by police and security forces.

A UNSC statement issued by Council President Jérôme Bonnafont, representing France, strongly condemned the “heinous and cowardly” suicide bombing at a mosque.

UNSC member states expressed sympathy and condolences to the families of the victims and the government, and wished the injured a swift recovery.

Member states stressed that “terrorism in all its forms and manifestations constitutes one of the most serious threats to international peace and security”.

According to the statement, UNSC members underscored the need to hold the “perpetrators, organisers, financiers and sponsors” accountable and urged all states to cooperate with Pakistan in the matter.

The UNSC held that any act of terrorism was “criminal and unjustifiable, regardless of [its] motivation, wherever, whenever and by whomsoever committed”.

The Security Council “reaffirmed the need for all states to combat by all means, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and other obligations under international law, including international human rights law, international refugee law and international humanitarian law, threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts”.

The attack was claimed by the Hafiz Gul Bahadur-led Ittehadul Mujahideen.

On Saturday, KP police said that a clearance operation launched after the attack had concluded. Police said that Elite Force commandos, Counterterrorism Department (CTD) teams, and security forces had cleared key parts of the buildings.

CM Afridi had sought a detailed report on the incident on Friday, saying the targeting of innocent citizens was “deeply regrettable and unacceptable”.

In 2010, 20 people, mostly relatives of policemen, were killed and more than 90 injured in a remote-controlled bomb blast inside a police colony located just behind the Kohat Police Lines. The explosion had taken place in Ramazan during Iftar.

On Monday, in retaliation for recent terrorist attacks in KP, including the Kohat bombing, the armed forces conducted airstrikes on terrorist sites “in the border region with Afghanistan”, killing more than 28 terrorists, the information ministry said.

A day earlier, Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of Army Staff, Field Marshal Asim Munir, in a visit to Peshawar Corps headquarters, said the armed forces remained resolute in defeating terrorism and ensuring lasting peace and stability, according to the military’s media wing.