Police have arrested two cricketers on the charge of match-fixing and spot-fixing during the controversy-hit Nepal T20 League.

A team of the Central Investigation Bureau arrested cricketers Mohammad Aadil Ansari and Mehboob Alam on Monday morning.

The bureau is investigating the allegations of fixing in the league following the direction from the Ministry of Home Affairs.

The league was dragged into controversy after former national cricket captain Gyanendra Malla revealed that one of his teammates was approached with a match-fixing plan.

Besides Malla, one of the tournament’s official commentators, Sachin Timalsena, revealed through his Facebook post that he had found suspicious activities going on while working as a commentator and watching the games closely.

A total of seven or eight Nepal players had reported to the International Cricket Council Anti-Corruption Unit about match-fixing offers.

A two-member representative team of the International Cricket Council visited Nepal after allegations of match-fixing, spot-fixing, and betting.

The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority had also written to the National Sports Council, asking for clarification about the tournament being hosted without the council’s permission and payment issues of the foreign players who are participating in the tournament without a work permit.