Delhi Police tries to shore up a flagging case by bringing out the star cast of crime
If all goes according to the Delhi Police plan,Dawood Ibrahim,underworld don and alleged mastermind of the Mumbai blasts,will be arrested for spot-fixing. Chhota Shakeel could also meet the same fate. The Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act MCOCA has already been invoked against S. Sreesanth and other players. Who knew that the sinister workings of an international crime syndicate were behind the towel tucked into a waistband. On a roll since the spot-fixing scandal broke out,Delhi Police is now beginning,more and more,to look like the mouse that roared.
For Dawood and his aide,to be charged with spot-fixing is coming down in the world. Not for nothing did Dawood rank fourth on Forbess list of the world most wanted criminals in 2008. This is the man who has jeopardised ties between India and Pakistan. In India alone,Dawood is said to run operations worth thousands of crores,ranging from arms smuggling to counterfeiting rackets. Spot-fixing is small change. And if decades of chasing Dawood are anything to go by,the Delhi Police have their work cut out. For when they reach the scene of crime,Dawood,like Macavity the mystery cat,is simply not there.