Ashoka Garden and Habibganj police have nabbed sixteen gamblers and recovered Rs 20,000 from different places on Friday.
On Friday, acting on a tip off Ashoka Garden police nabbed 11 persons gambling at Ektapuri and recovered Rs 14,000 from their possession.
Police said the persons gambling tried to escape but were nabbed. The nabbed were identified as Saroj Singh, Jai Prakash, Rohit, Akhil, Rahul, Sandeep, Prashant, Nitin, Jagdeesh, Jeetu and Deepak.
The crime record of the nabbed gamblers would be investigated in the further investigation.
The gamblers were gambling in a ground at Ektapuri. locals told the police that the spot has been witnessed with the gamblers for long and police action has been taken on Friday.
The police have registered a case under Section 13 of Gambing Act and have started further investigation.
Meanwhile, the Habibganj police have nabbed five persons gambling at Bittan Market area on Thursday night and recovered Rs 6,000 from their possession. Acting on a tip off regarding gambling at Bittan Market a police team reached and nabbed the gamblers late in the night on Thursday.
Police said that after receiving information of gamblers at Bittan market a team was rushed to the spot and nabbed the gamblers.
The nabbed gamblers were identified as Abhisek Shukla, Narayan, Surjan, Rudra Jogi and Rahul. Nabbed accused have criminal record with different police stations and details would be searched during the investigation.
During the investigation the person who facilitated the place and gathered gamblers for betting would be searched.