NEW DELHI, MAY 24: The Delhi Police is planning to despatch special teams to Britain and South Africa if they fail to get the requisite information regarding the match-fixing case from these countries in normal course, police Chief Ajay Raj Sharma said.The Police Commissioner told UNI that the investigation in the case involving now-sacked South African captain Hansie Cronje, three of his teammates and some Indian bookies has been completed in India and now police require information from certain countries, including South Africa and Britain.``Information has been sought from them (the two countries), but till now there has been no response. If the information do not come in the normal process, we will send our officials to get them,'' Sharma said.The police has sought from the South African authorities the `voice samples' of Cronje to facilitate them to match with the voice recorded in the tape seized by them regarding the ex-skipper's alleged conversation with London-based Indian bookie Sanjeev Chawla, alias Sanjay, during the Pepsi One-Day International series in India in March.The South African Government has refused to accept the request and is in turn seeking the recordings of Cronje's conversation with the bookie in return. However, the police has expressed its inability to provide the tape of the recorded conversation as it would have damaging impact during the trial stage.It had asked the British Government through the Interpol to provide information about the whereabouts of Sanjay Kalra and deport him to India as his passport has been revoked.Interpol was sounded about the bookie within hours of coming to know about his involvement in the match-fixing scandal.Whether the police have received any response from the Interpol regarding the whereabouts of Chawla, Sharma said, ``not so far.''``We have cancelled his passport and asked him to come and join the investigations here, but he hasn't responded so far,'' he said, adding that if Sanjay continues to escape the police net, some legal steps will have to be taken for his extradition.There were reports that investigation have come to a standstill in the face of the fugitive bookie and prime accused Sanjay not available for investigation.The investigators believe, there is no reason why the British authorities cannot deport Chawla, who has been involved in a crime and more so since his passport has been revoked. Afterall in case of invalid travel documents, a person is immediately deported.Bacher first witnessCAPE TOWN: Ali Bacher is likely to be the first witness called by the South African inquiry into the Hansie cronje affair, an official said on Wednesday. ``He used to open the batting in his playing days, so we may as well start with him here,'' the secretary of the judicial commission running the inquiry, John Bacon, said of Bacher. ``We plan to call Bacher as our first witness, depending on his availability.''Bacon said a date for the first hearing could be set at a meeting between the commission and legal representatives on Thursday.
