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Police for ED probe into hawala transactions

The official also said they were questioning Ramesh Vyas, arrested by  Mumbai Police recently in a betting case. Delhi Police…

The official also said they were questioning Ramesh Vyas, arrested by  Mumbai Police recently in a betting case. Delhi Police have been allowed by a court here to question him till 18 June
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NEW DELHI, 9 JUNE: Delhi Police has written to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for a probe into alleged hawala transactions in the IPL spot-fixing case, including underworld don Dawood Ibrahim.
A senior police official said etails have been provided to the ED about 27 people arrested in connection with the scandal as well as that about Dawood and Chota Shakeel.
“We have written to the ED. There have been hawala transactions not only in India but abroad as well like in Karachi and Dubai in connection with the case. They (ED) have the expertise in investigating this angle,” he said, referring to the letter. He said establishing the money trail in the case is “very important”. The official also said they were questioning Ramesh Vyas, arrested by  Mumbai Police recently in a betting case. Delhi Police have been allowed by a court here to question him till 18 June. “He was in touch with bookies arrested by us. He was the one of the main men in the racket. He had direct links with the underworld,” the official said. “He had communication with people outside and inside the country,” he said.
Sources said they were questioning Vyas to ascertain the the identity of “Master” and “Doctor Saab”, who figured in intercepted telephone calls between bookies.
“Both ‘Master’ and ‘Doctor Saab’ stay abroad,” the official said, adding,  Mumbai Police had told them that Vyas used 92 mobile phones to communicate with bookies and those connected to the underworld. He also said they are yet to nab six-seven bookies in the case.

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