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Betting: Police to question Kishen Kumar

Josy Joseph in New Delhi

The betting scandal is getting murkier.

On day two, it was the turn of music baron-turned-Bollywood-actor Kishen Kumar to face the music.

The Delhi police began on Saturday noon their wait outside the Intensive Care Unit of posh Kailash Nursing home, where the actor got himself admitted just hours before they reached his residence. Till late in the night they were not allowed to speak to him.

On Sunday, when Rajesh Kalra, the point man of the betting syndicate in Delhi, would be produced in a lower court, the city police could seek permission to question Kishen Kumar, sources indicated.

However, the top brass of the city police were debating late into Saturday night what legal steps to take in their attempt to nail the Bollywood actor.

Kishen Kumar, the younger brother of late Gulshan Kumar, who built up the T-Series empire, grew up in the backlanes of Daryaganj, in Old Delhi, where the family's juice shop still exists.

According to sources, Kishen Kumar and another person were inside Kalra's Greater Kailash flat when he was arrested.

No senior officer was ready to confirm this.

A reliable source, however, said more "big names would emerge soon."

Sanjay Chawla alias Sanjeev, the non-resident kingpin of the racket and an alleged close friend of South African captain Hansie Cronje, reportedly runs a shop on the Oxford street in London.

Kalra has told the police that Kishen Kumar is a personal friend of Sanjeev.

Kalra, who was to get married on April 16, is a resident of Rewari, a Haryana township just outside Delhi.

Cops involved in the case claim that in the coming days there would be more "explosive revelations," though the Board of Cricket Control in India and some other high-profile names connected with the game dismissed the possibility.

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