A Delhi court on Monday granted the Delhi Police custody of suspended Rajasthan Royals player Ajit Chandila for three more days, says a report in Indian Express, adding that purpose is to "confront and corroborate" the statements of co-accused with Chandila and to look into the aspect of "organised crime syndicate" in the IPL spot-fixing case.
Chandila was arrested on May 16 and has been named as the "main conspirator" in the case. Additional Public Prosecutor Rajiv Mohan told the court of additional sessions judge Ajay Kumar Jain that Chandila was "the centre for coordinating with the Ashwani Aggarwal group through Sunil Bhatia". Mohan said he was in "constant touch with cricketers who were going to be fixed".
"During the probe, supportive evidence like intercepted voice calls, two mobiles used by him in spot/match fixing and Rs 20 lakhs were recovered," the police plea noted. The police also alleged that they have recovered two cheques, Rs 8 lakh each, that was given to Sunil Bhatia by Chandila "in lieu of money taken for spot-fixing".
Meanwhile Deccan Chronicle reports that suspended cricketer Ajit Chandila, arrested in the IPL spot-fixing case, was on Monday remanded in fresh Police custody for three days by a Delhi court after the agency said he was required to corroborate evidence collected from other accused after invoking MCOCA, says a report in .
“The matter is being investigated under the provision of Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA). The prosecution is to be given full chance to unearth the entire crime. The accused is remanded in 3-days of police custody,” Additional Sessions Judge Ajay Kumar Jain said.
The court directed the special cell of Delhi police to produce Chandila before it on June 20. Meanwhile, the court also deferred hearing on the bail application of Chandila and five others to June 22 after the police informed it that some vital confessional statements of the bookies arrested in the case have to be placed on record.
Confessional statement of arrested bookie Sunil Bhatia is being recorded, while that of Ramesh Vyas, another bookie, has already been recorded, the prosecution said.
The DNA reports that apart from Chandila, Bhatia and Vyas, the others whose bail pleas have been deferred to June 22 are bookies Ashwani Aggarwal and Deepak Kumar and ex-Ranji player Baburao Yadav.
“During the hearing, senior public prosecutor Rajeev Mohan sought fresh five days police remand of Chandila saying that initially he was arrested in the case on May 16 and remained in Police custody till May 28 after which he was remanded to judicial custody. He further informed the court that MCOCA has been invoked against Chandila on June 3, therefore his custody is required to corroborate the evidence collected after invocation of the stringent penal law,” says the report.