arun81 Posted May 18, 2013 Posted May 18, 2013 http://www.dailypioneer.com/todays-newspaper/was-badrish-dutt-a-victim-of-spot-fixers.html The sordid spot-fixing scandal could have been unraveled on May 11 itself had Inspector Badrish Dutt not died under mysterious circumstances on the intervening night of May 10 and 11. The raid was then aborted owing to the sad demise of Dutt, who was to lead the Special Cell team to Mumbai to carry out the operation. Whether he was murdered or he committed suicide is mired in mystery even now. It was Inspector Badrish Dutt, who intercepted a conversation between bookies and unidentified players about a specially devised ‘sign language’ meant for spot-fixing a month ago. An ace interceptor who had developed unmatched expertise in tracking and listening to conversations, Dutt brought it to the knowledge of his immediate superiors in the Special Cell. It was a chance interception during an investigation pertaining to an organised crime. The people involved in the conversation were arguing over some payment. It later dawned on Dutt that it was in fact an important conversation involving spot-fixing in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) session. This was brought to the notice of Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar, himself a cricket aficionado, who gave the go-ahead and the operation was launched to bring the culprits to justice. Interestingly, the match fixing scandal involving South African Captain Hansie Cronje too was busted after Inspector Ishwar Singh posted with the Crime Branch tapped a conversation between an underworld operative hiding in a Gulf country and Kishan Kumar, the younger brother of T-Series owner late Gulshan Kumar. Inspector Dutt who was tasked to carry out arrests died before he could complete the task. When asked whether there was any link behind the death of Inspector Dutt since he was the first Investigating Officer of the spot-fixing scandal, Delhi Police Commissioner denied the same. He said there was no connection between the two cases. However, sources said that there were many reasons to link Mumbai Underworld behind the shocking death of Dutt who was actively pursuing the leads till he died on the intervening night of May 10 and 11. He was given the official permission just a day before by the Delhi Police Commissioner to go ahead with the operation. He was asked to lead the Special Cell team to Mumbai that was supposed to leave on the early hours of May 11. His colleagues were frantically trying to get in touch with him but he did not answer the calls. Worried over this strange happening, Dutt's colleagues went to the second floor flat in Ardee City of Gurgaon's Sector -52, where they found his and Geeta Sharma's bodies. Initially jolted by the death of their colleague Dutt, the sleuths of Special Cell regrouped and carried out the successful operation to nab 11 bookies who were indulging in post fixing with Shantakumaran Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankit Chavan of Rajasthan Royals.
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