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IPL spot fixing: Here is how the case unfolded so far

Here is how the IPL spot fixing case unfolded.

May 16, 2013: Rajasthan Royals players — S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan — arrested by Delhi Police spot-fixing during IPL 2013.

May 28: IPL Governing Council sets up Inquiry Committee to probe the case.

June 10: Sreesanth and Chavan granted bail.

July 30: Delhi Police filed chargesheet against 39 accused including don Dawood Ibrahim, Chhota Shakeel and three cricketers, Sreesanth, Chavan and Chandila.

September 9: Ajit Chandila granted bail by a Delhi court.

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November 18 : Delhi police supplementary chargesheet against alleged bookie Chandresh Jain alias Jupiter

2014

August 16 : Court directed to initiate property attachment proceedings against Dawood Ibrahim and Chhota Shakeel.

September 30: Dawood Ibrahim, Chhota Shakeel and Sandeep Sharma declared proclaimed offenders by a Delhi court.

2015

May 8: Court reserved order on charge

May 23: Court deferred order on charge

June 29: Court deferred again its order on charge

July 25: Court discharges all the accused.

Kaunain Sheriff M is an award-winning investigative journalist and the National Health Editor at The Indian Express. He is the author of Johnson & Johnson Files: The Indian Secrets of a Global Giant, an investigation into one of the world’s most powerful pharmaceutical companies. With over a decade of experience, Kaunain brings deep expertise in three areas of investigative journalism: law, health, and data. He currently leads The Indian Express newsroom’s in-depth coverage of health. His work has earned some of the most prestigious honours in journalism, including the Ramnath Goenka Award for Excellence in Journalism, the Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) Award, and the Mumbai Press Club’s Red Ink Award. Kaunain has also collaborated on major global investigations. He was part of the Implant Files project with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), which exposed malpractices in the medical device industry across the world. He also contributed to an international investigation that uncovered how a Chinese big-data firm was monitoring thousands of prominent Indian individuals and institutions in real time. Over the years, he has reported on several high-profile criminal trials, including the Hashimpura massacre, the 2G spectrum scam, and the coal block allocation case. Within The Indian Express, he has been honoured three times with the Indian Express Excellence Award for his investigations—on the anti-Sikh riots, the Vyapam exam scam, and the abuse of the National Security Act in Uttar Pradesh. ... Read More

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