Spot fixing scandal: The IPL 2013 scandal modus operandi, breakthrough was achieved in April after an electronic surveillance team chanced upon a lead while eavesdropping on a conversation between a bookie and a Mumbai underworld suspect having links with top fugitive Dawood Ibrahim. br br Incidentally, the team comprised Inspector Badrish Dutt — who along with his live-in partner died of gunshot wounds in Gurgaon last Saturday.