Couldn't complete fixing probe due to lack of evidence: BB Misra

Former IPS officer B B Misra, who was a member of the Justice Mukul Mudgal panel that probed the 2013 IPL spot-fixing scandal, Thursday said that he couldn't complete investigations into the alleged player-bookie nexus due to "lack of evidence".

During his tenure as member of the Mudgal panel, Misra was carrying out investigations into the allegation that a top India player was in touch with a bookie.

"Yes, I was investigating a lead that I got about a top India player being in touch with a bookie. However, I didn't have enough evidence," Misra told PTI from Bhubaneswar on Friday.

"Let me clarify time was never an issue as Supreme Court was very co-operative and had we sought more time, we would have got that. But since the bookie in question didn't part with evidence, I had no option but to stop investigations," Misra said.

Did he speak to the player in question? "I didn't speak to just one player but multiple players. Let's leave it that."
On whether he met the bookie in person, he replied "Let's not get there."