A Delhi Police official on Monday said they would need more audios clips of don Dawood Ibrahim's voice for identifying his voice in taped conversations between cricketers, bookies and suspected underworld gang members in connection to IPL spot fixing scandal, an official said Wednesday.
"Despite having proper telephonic intercepts as corroborative evidence to prove Dawood's involvement in running the whole betting syndicate, we need some more audio clips of his voice for the authenticity," an official said.
Investigators were waiting for a forensic report on the taped conversations as it would strengthen their case against the accused, he said.
The officer said the taped conversations contains the voices of bookies, players and other people, involved in spot fixing and betting from abroad, and police need the Delhi Forensic Science Laboratory (DFSL) report to elucidate the roles of the arrested accused.
"We have sent the tapes to DFSL along with the voice and hand writing samples of the arrested bookies and players. The forensic officials will take some time to give the report," said the official.
Police have the recode of telephonic conversations in which some of the bookies made calls to Dubai, Karachi and other cities of Pakistan to fix and alter spot fixing and betting rates, said the official.
"The calls were made to fugitive don Dawood Ibrahim and his aide Chhota Shakeel, whose name is mentioned in the list of suspects in the IPL spot fixing case," said the official.
Dawood’s name came to flash after Mumbai police arrested bookie Ramesh Vyas, in Mumbai and bookie Ashwani Aggarwal alias Tinku Mandy, in Mumbai by Delhi Police, last month.
Moreover, Vyas and Aggarwal were supposedly handling Dawood Ibrahim's betting consortium in south and north India.
Delhi Police forwarded an application before a city court on June 7 and appealed for open non-bailable warrants (NBWs) against Dawood Ibrahim and Shakeel.
"It has come to our notice that the main bookies and fixers were in touch with Dawood Ibrahim and Chhota Shakeel...who gave directions to bookies and fixers in India...," the official said.
Delhi Police in this concern have arrested 26 people so far, 21 of whom including Rajasthan Royals players S. Sreesanth, Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila - have got bail. Bookie Aggarwal is in Mumbai police custody.
All the 26 people arrested by Delhi Police have been charged under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA).
In total, 60 people have been arrested across the country so far in connection with the IPL spot fixing scandal.
-With inputs from IANS
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