Additional Sessions Judge Raj Rani Mitra issued open (undated) NBWs against the duo on the plea of Delhi police, which claimed that the arrested 28 accused including three cricketers, bookies and fixers were acting on their command.u00a0

"...NBWs issued against accused Dawood Ibrahim and Chhota Shakeel as requested," the court said. In an application moved before the court, Special Cell of Delhi Police said, "It has come to our notice that the main bookies and the fixers were in touch with Dawood and Chhota Shakeel. It has come to our notice that Dawood and Chhota Shakeel gave directions to bookies and fixers in India to fix the cricket players and betting on cricket matches."