Three males who have been running a betting racket on the continuing Indian Premier League (IPL) matches have been arrested from Ashiyana locality right here on Monday, police stated.
As per the police, ₹44,000 money, 10 cell phones, two bikes and some registers have been recovered from the arrested males. They’d earned ₹44,000 from totally different sources by betting on two groups of IPL specifically Chennai Tremendous King and Kolkata Knight Riders, the police added.
The trio recognized as Mohammad Shehbaz, 30, Abaad Ahmed, 47 and Mohammad Humayun, 30, all residents of Lucknow, have been arrested on a tip-off. They’ve been booked underneath part 13G of the Public Gaming Act, 1867 (particular person discovered gaming or moderately suspected).
Nevertheless, one different member of the gang Nasim, a resident of Hamirpur, was nonetheless at giant, stated the police in a press observe.