New Delhi, (IANS) : Sleuths of the investigative arm of the International Cricket Council (ICC) are looking into allegations of the possible involvement of Sri Lankan cricketers with a Mumbai-based millionaire bar dancer. Tarannum Khan, popularly called Tannu, lost Rs 15 million in a wager after India lost to Sri Lanka in the finals of the Videocon Cup last month.

This came to light when Income Tax officials found text messages from bookies on her mobile phone. The messages, which were recorded and the case was subsequently reported to the police, pointed to links between the dancer and bookies.

The police, in turn, have asked Tannu's mobile service provider to compile a contact list of her clients.

"After this case came to light early this month, we have been trying to get more details and link up some of the earlier investigations into Sri Lankan cricketers," said an Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU) official.

ACSU is the investigative arm of the ICC.

Investigations have so far revealed that two bookies operating in the western suburbs of Mumbai were Tannu's customers.

One of the bookies - a regular visitor to Deepa bar in Vile Parle - admitted that some high-class clients visited Tannu during the recently concluded triangular series in Sri Lanka.

ACSU officials said that a Sri Lankan spinner often visited Deepa bar during his earlier visits to India and knew Tannu well.

When the Sri Lankans won the final, Tannu reportedly not only lost big money but also had to face customers who had put their money on India on her advice.

Though investigations have just begun, the Mumbai police say among Tannu's clients are several Bollywood actors and cricketers from Sri Lanka and Pakistan.

The ACSU, keen to stamp out the allegations of match-fixing and illegal betting that have sullied the game's reputation in recent years, are still probing into the discovery of cash found in Sri Lanka batsman Marvan Atapattu's hotel room in December 2003.

A sum of Rs 1.1 million ($11,500) was found by hotel staff in Atapattu's room at Hotel Earl Regency in Kandy following the second Test against England.

Though Atapattu denied the cash was his, saying other people had stayed there, ACSU sleuths refused to buy that argument.

"It is still part of our ongoing probe. We know that an Indian bookie Jagdish Sodha had visited Sri Lanka during that time as immigration records show. We are getting to the bottom of that episode," said ACSU sources.

It was former Kenyan captain, Maurice Odumbe's proximity to Sodha and acceptance of cash and gifts that led to his expulsion by the Kenyan Cricket Board in August last year.

Two years ago when the police raided Deepa bar, two Lankan cricketers and a small-time Bollywood actor escaped from the VIP room through the kitchen exit.

"We hope this investigation reaches its logical conclusion," said an ACSU official.

Tannu began her dancing career in 1999 and joined Deepa bar two years later.

She became popular in the next three years on account of her excellent rapport with high-profile clients and one of her wealthy clients reportedly gave her a bungalow in Versova, a Mumbai suburb.