A city court will hear the matter pertaining to issuance of open non-bailable warrants for fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and Chhota Shakeel in connection with the IPl spot-fixing racket on June 10.
In an application moved before Additional Sessions Judge Vinay Kumar Khanna, the Special Cell of Delhi Police said, "It has come to our notice that main bookies and the fixers were in touch with Dawood Ibrahim and Chhota Shakeel. They gave directions to bookies and fixers in India to fix the cricket players and betting on cricket matches." The police also said the two are not traceable at their Mumbai address. The court has fixed the application for hearing on June 10.
On Friday, the court also heard arguments on bail pleas of eight accused including pacer S Sreesanth and his Rajasthan Royals teammate Ankeet Chavan. However, it deferred the matter for Monday. Meanwhile, Sreesanth's counsel senior advocate Pinaki Misra argued over invoking MCOCA against cricketers. "Monumental injustice has been done by invoking MCOCA, which has been brought in by the Delhi Police only to make its case look glamorous," he said. Misra, who is also a Member of lok Sabha, submitted, "Can there even be an iota of evidence to invoke MCOCA. Parliament would turn over its head knowing to what use MCOCA is being put. I myself am a Parliamentarian and we seriously need to consider it," he submitted.
Other accused whose bail pleas were heard on Friday were Syyed Durez Ahmed, Sunil Saxena, Mohd Yahaya, Dipit Garg and Manan Bhat. Remaining ten bail pleas will be heard on June 10.