Delhi Heist Linked To IPL Betting Payoffs?

NEW DELHI – Investigationsinto the capital’s biggest robberyhas opened a can ofworms. Police sources told TOIthat the heist may be linked tothe IPL spot-fixing scandal andthat the looted cash couldamount to Rs 15-20 crore, apart of which was meant forpayoffs to betters.Late on Wednesday night,bookie Rajesh Kalra confessedthat the entire money was his.Earlier, it was believed that amajor portion of the cashbelonged to his business partner,Rahul Ahuja. The duo keptdownplaying the have owned upfor 7.69 crore. They initially hadstuck to the six crore figure.Call detail records, coupled withthe interrogation of Kalra andthe occupants of the HondaCity (which was carrying thecash) has revealed that Kalrahad close links with other bookiesand was “very active” in bettingcircles. He also has closelinks with Chandresh Jain aliasJupiter, a prominent bookie andjeweller based in Jaipur andLondon bookie SanjeevChawla, police said. A policeteam has left for Jaipur to probethe betting connection