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Sanjeev Chawla wanted in India despite being let off in London
23 June 2001

London-based Indian businessman Sanjeev Chawla, recently let off by Scotland Yard in connection with match-fixing allegations, will be prosecuted in India and police have got sufficient evidence to nail him, a top Delhi Police official said in New Delhi on Friday.

Expressing surprise over the London Police's decision to release Chawla despite receiving letters rogatory seeking his extradition to India, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) KK Paul told PTI, "Chawla is wanted in a case here and we have sufficient evidence to prosecute him."

Chawla, whose telephone conversations with former South Africa captain Hansie Cronje Delhi Police claimed to have on tapes which blew the lid on the match-fixing scandal last year, was released by the Serious and Organised Crime Squad of London Police on grounds of having "insufficient evidence to provide realistic prospects of conviction".

Paul said if Scotland Yard no longer wanted Chawla, "they can deport him to India as the letters rogatory is already with them. We are investigating the Cronje-Chawla case. It is registered here in Delhi," the Crime Branch chief said.

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