Prabhakar likely to be declared 'proclaimed offender'

The Uttaranchal Police will take steps to declare former Test player Manoj Prabhakar a proclaimed offender if he does not surrender or is not arrested by the Delhi police pursuant to a non-bailable warrant issued against him in connection with a chit fund scam case.

"We are still waiting for a formal reply from Delhi Police regarding a non-bailable warrant against Manoj Prabhakar. In case he is not arrested, then we would declare him a proclaimed offender under Section 82 of the CrPC," Uttaranchal Director General of Police Ashok Kant Sharan said on Monday.

Sharan also indicated that the property of Prabhakar, who purportedly is a managing director of a defunct finance company in Haldwani in the state, would be attached if he failed to surrender before the court.

A Haldwani court had recently issued a non-bailable warrant against Prabhakar in a chit fund scam. Uttaranchal Police last week had informed their counterparts in Delhi to execute the arrest warrant. Prabhakar was on Sunday reported to be in Jaipur.

The court had ordered to testify the signatures of Prabhakar in the scam.

Mail Cricket Editor