Several ex-Indian cricketers could be in trouble as Chawla extradited from London

TIL Desk Sports/ Several Indian cricket stars of yesteryears could be in trouble as Delhi Police extradites Sanjeev Chawla, the alleged mastermind of match-fixing case involving former South African captain late Hansie Cronje, from London on Thursday. Chawla, a British national as per Delhi Police charge sheet, absconding hitherto in the match fixing case, was linked with several international cricketers, including Indian players, sources in the crime branch of the Delhi Police revealed.

Dossier prepared on Sanjeev Chawla by Crime Branch reveals that several Indian cricketers were frequenting his bungalow, 4, Monk Ville Avenue, London and their phone numbers figured on Chawla”s phone list in Call Data Records (CDRs) recovered by police for the period of January to March 2000.

It was during period this period (February-March 2000) when conspiracy to fix matches was unearthed during India-South Africa series played in India. “As Chawla had slipped to London, he could not be interrogated and subsequently the CDRs connecting the then Indian cricketers with the global bookie was not pursued,” a former commissioner of Delhi police told.