da prosport bet： London-based Indian businessman Sanjeev Chawla, recently let off byScotland Yard in connection with match-fixing allegations, will beprosecuted in India and police have got sufficient evidence to nailhim, a top Delhi Police official said in New
23-Jun-2001London-based Indian businessman Sanjeev Chawla, recently let off byScotland Yard in connection with match-fixing allegations, will beprosecuted in India and police have got sufficient evidence to nailhim, a top Delhi Police official said in New Delhi on Friday.Expressing surprise over the London Police’s decision to releaseChawla despite receiving letters rogatory seeking his extradition toIndia, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) KK Paul told PTI, “Chawlais wanted in a case here and we have sufficient evidence to prosecutehim.”Chawla, whose telephone conversations with former South Africa captainHansie Cronje Delhi Police claimed to have on tapes which blew the lidon the match-fixing scandal last year, was released by the Serious andOrganised Crime Squad of London Police on grounds of having”insufficient evidence to provide realistic prospects of conviction”.Paul said if Scotland Yard no longer wanted Chawla, “they can deporthim to India as the letters rogatory is already with them. We areinvestigating the Cronje-Chawla case. It is registered here in Delhi,”the Crime Branch chief said.