Rajasthan Police on Tuesday expressed its ignorance about thewhereabouts of former cricket all-rounder Manoj Prabhakar and deniedhaving received any request from its counterpart in Uttaranchal orDelhi to nab him
29-May-2001Rajasthan Police on Tuesday expressed its ignorance about thewhereabouts of former cricket all-rounder Manoj Prabhakar and deniedhaving received any request from its counterpart in Uttaranchal orDelhi to nab him.”We have recieved no formal request from the Uttaranchal Police. Thestate police is having no information of Prabhakar being in Jaipur,”Additional Director General of Rajasthan Police NN Meena told PTI.Ever since a non-bailable arrest warrant against Prabhakar was issuedby a court in Haldwani in Uttaranchal in connection with an allegedfraud in a chit fund company, the cricketer, who also figured in thematch-fixing scandal, has been untraceable, according to police.Media reports quoting his family members said Prabhakar was in Jaipuron a business tour. He had visited Jaipur a few times recently inconnection with his business.Uttaranchal Police had said on Monday that it would take steps todeclare Prabhakar as a proclaimed offender if he does not surrender oris not arrested by Delhi Police pursuant to a non-bailable warrantissued against him.”We are still waiting for a formal reply from Delhi Police regardingthe non-bailable warrant against Manoj Prabhakar. In case he is notarrested, then we would declare him a proclaimed offender underSection 82 of the CrPC,” Uttaranchal Director General of Police AshokKant Sharan had said.Sharan also indicated that the property of Prabhakar, who purportedlyis a managing director of a defunct finance company in Haldwani in thestate, would be attached if he failed to surrender before the court,which has also ordered to testify the signatures of Prabhakar in thescam.