JUSTICE-MUDGAL-IPL-PROBE-COMMITTEE-REPORT-final-feb-8

JUSTICE MUDGAL IPL PROBE COMMITTEE 201457enforcement agencies find a level playing field to eradicatecorruption in cricket.II.ROLE OF POLICEThere are certain aspects of investigations conducted byvarious police authorities which have drawn the attentionof this Committee and is required to be highlighted.(i) Role of Crime Branch, Mumbai PoliceA. In course of interception of phone calls betweenbookies, punters as well as foreign bookies inPakistan etc, the Mumbai Police had unearthedreferences made by bookies etc. to connections ofsome Indian and foreign players with bettingactivities. Officers of the Mumbai Police indicatedthat investigations into such information were notcarried out because there were no corroborations. Itappears further from the deposition of the officers ofMumbai Police that these informations were nottaken forward in connection with such namesbecause in view of the considered opinion of theMumbai Police the bookies were simply “boasting” toincrease their own influence. This position of theMumbai Police is difficult to accept. If thetranscripts of such interceptions revealed anycriminality, and betting in sports within Maharastrabeing a criminal offence, investigation ought to haveensued and corroboration was required to be found,