A city court on Tuesday declared global terrorist and underworld don Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar, his trusted lieutenant Chhota Shakeel and Chandigarh-based Sandeep Sharma as proclaimed offenders (POs) in connection with the 2013 IPl spot-fixing case.

Additional Sessions Judge Neena Bansal Krishna declares as POs Dawood, Shakeel and Sandeep Sharma as they are evading arrest. Special Cell of Delhi Police had also chargesheeted suspended cricketers S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandela, Ankit Chavan and others in the case.

The Special Cell of Delhi Police told the court that properties of Dawood and Shakeel in Mumbai have already been attached in connection with the 1993 Mumbai serial blast case and upon enquiry it has been revealed that they have not visited India since 1993.

It said Dawood has properties in his name at Dongri in Mumbai whereas Shakeel owns property in Nagpada there. Police told the judge that they questioned the neighbours of Dawood and Shakeel in Mumbai and were told that both the accused have not been seen in the locality since 1993.

The court had earlier issued open non-bailable warrants against these accused who were chargesheeted in the case. The court has fixed the matter for further hearing on November 14. According to the police, Sandeep was an important link in the case as he was a part of the syndicate run by Dawood and which was involved in the IPl spot-fixing scandal.

On August 16, the court had ordered fresh property attachment proceedings under Sections 82 (proclamation for person absconding), 83 (attachment of property of person absconding) of CrPC against Dawood and Shakeel in the IPl spot-fixing case. The court had also expressed concern over “repeated adjournments” sought in the case and had directed the police to supply copies of the charge sheet and other documents filed along with it, to all the accused.

Besides Dawood and Shakeel, the NBWs were issued against Pakistan-based Javed Chutani, Salman alias Master and Ehteysham, who are all considered to be Dawood’s associates.

The Special Cell had filed a 6,000-page charge sheet against the accused in the case. The court had on June 10 last year granted bail to cricketers Sreesanth, Chavan and 19 others for lack of evidence against them under provisions of the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA). Other accused, including cricketer Ajit Chandela, were also granted bail later on by the court.

The police, in its charge sheet, had claimed that Dawood and Shakeel, who have been “controlling the fixing and betting market” in cricket in India, were behind the IPl spot-fixing.