/ 19 September 2000

HANSIEGATE PROBE SPREADS TO INDIA

SHAMILA Batohi, lead advocate for South Africa’s King Commission, has met Delhi police to discuss the investigation into allegations of corruption in cricket. KK Paul, Delhi’s joint police commissioner, said Batohi and police captain Geoff Edwards met Delhi police and discussed the evidence uncovered so far. The King Commission’s interim report into the scandal contained no recommendations when it was released last month. Indian police reported in April that they possessed audio tapes of former South African captain Hansie Cronje agreeing to take money to fix matches. Paul said Delhi police had repeated their request for voice samples of Cronje and South African bookmaker Hamid Cassim, while South African investigators had asked for their tapes of Cronje’s conversations with bookmakers.- Reuters