The probe into the Bangalore blasts outside the Chinnaswamy stadium is still on, but there is an angle to why Mumbai, not Bangalore, was chosen as the eventual semi final venue, so says the Karnataka Home Minister.
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VS Acharya told the media, "The underworld normally has links with the betting lobby. Some elements wanted to scare away people and shift the two IPL semi-finals from the city to Mumbai."
His comments also coincided with the fact that the police are now alleging that Lalit Modi was on the radar of Dawood Ibrahim and that Modi had received death threats, following which security was enhanced.
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