Sanjeev Chawla, an Indian bookie who has been accused to involve in the cricket match-fixing scandal with the former South African captain Hansie Cronje in 2000, has been cleared by a UK court to extradite to India.

The 50-year-old Sanjeev Chawla’s extradition order has been cleared by the Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London.

Chawla has been accused to involve in match-fixing scandal during South Africa’s tour of India in 2000. It was the same case which resulted in a life-ban from cricket for the former South African captain Hansie Cronje.

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According to court documents, Chawla moved to the UK in 1996 on a business visa. While his Indian passport was revoked in 2000, he has managed to stay in the country with the help of UK Passport that he got in 2005.

In early 2016, India submitted the extradition request while Chawla was arrested in June and he was bailed out soon.

Later in October 2017, District Judge Rebecca Crane blocked Chawla’s extradition order as his human rights could not be guaranteed in Tihar jail.

In 2018, India submitted their assurance on Tihar jail conditions. It resulted in a big victory for the nation as now Crane has cleared Chawla’s extradition order. The file has now sent to the Home secretary Sajid Javid who will now have to give the green signal on this extradition matter.

On Monday, Crane said, “There is nothing for me to decide. The case can now be sent to the home secretary.”

Crane also added that Chawla could now remain on bail but if he beached the bail condition then he would be arrested and brought up to the court.

Recently in December 2018, India has achieved a big victory after managing to clear the extradition order in their favour of Vijay Mallya’s case. The Indian businessman Vijay Mallya is currently in India’s wanted list on fraud and money laundering charges for the amount of around INR 9,000 crore. His extradition order has been also cleared by a UK court.