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Man fakes death to dodge betting payment after Dinesh Karthik's last-ball six

A video footage filmed with a mobile phone shows three people slitting the throat of the accused in a room and red fruit juice was used to make it look like blood

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Dinesh Karthik
Dinesh Karthik

A Bangladeshi man used the age-old trick of desperate times called for desperate measures when he faked his own death in a bid to avoid paying up after a failed cricket bet. The accused, Adel Shikder, 25  shot a video with the help of three persons and used fruit juice to make it look like blood, to escape cricket bet of 1 lakh. Shikder lost the bet after Indian batsman Dinesh Karthik hit a last-ball six to help India beat Bangladesh in a T20I tournament final, bdnews24.com reported. The accused has been detained by Bangladeshi policemen, according to reports.

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