India\\\'s SC adds teeth to IPL probe panel

NEW DELHI, May 17 (AFP): The Supreme Court  (SC) Friday ordered a tough new investigation into spot-fixing allegations in the Indian Premier League, giving the probe panel additional powers and police assistance.

The top court set up a group of investigators, headed by senior police official B.B. Mishra, to assist its own three-member panel appointed last year to probe wrongdoing in the popular Twenty20 competition.

The panel, led by former judge Mukul Mudgal, has been asked to complete the investigations and submit its report to the court by the end of August, the Press Trust of India reported.

The panel "will have all the powers to probe, search and seize relevant documents and record evidence, except the power to arrest", the news agency quoted the order from the judge as saying.