Arrested IPl cricketer Ankeet Chavan on Thursday surrendered before the Saket Court after his marriage as he broke down in the courtroom. Chavan, who was arrested for his alleged involvement in the IPl spot-fixing with cricketers S Sreesanth and Ajit Chandila had been granted interim bail for one week to solemnise his marriage. Chavan surrendered before the court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, lokesh Sharma after expiry of his bail.
Accompanied by his father, younger brother and his wife, Chavan entered the courtroom with his defense counsel and presented himself before the court. He broke down when the judge pronounced him to be sent to judicial custody till June 18. Chavan was seen crying even when he was being taken in the jail van. Meanwhile, Chavan's advocate moved bail application before the court that will be heard on Friday.
Chavan, who along with his Rajasthan Royals teammate S Sreesanth and others is now booked under Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act MCOCA. "Since the investigation agency does not require his custody anymore, he is taken into judicial custody and remanded till June 18," the court said.
"Since the accused persons were acting on the command of people based in abroad like Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar and Chota Shakeel, who have a continuous past record of organised crimes, provisions of MCOCA have been invoked against the accused," it had said.