Globetrotting bookie Shobhan Mehta, better known as Shobhan Kalachowkie, was under great pressure to surrender tou00a0the Mumbai police after fleeing to Singapore in the wake of the IPL match fixing scandal. According to well-connected sources who spoke to SUNDAY MiD DAY, Mehta was yet to close transactions worth Rs 2,500 crore with several punters and bookies when the scam broke, forcing him to flee. But under pressure from his business associates and a senior politician, he surrendered to the police so he could clear his dues upon being granted bail.

According to Mumbai police officers, Mehta was arrested on Friday from the Casino Carnival in Goa. The Casino is mostly funded and run by Mumbai based bookies. On Saturday, he was produced in the metropolitan court in Mumbai and remanded to police custody till July 12.