As many as seven gamblers were nabbed from Arera Palace Hotel under Habibganj police station area and recovered around Rs2 lakh on Tuesday.
According to the police acting on a tip off around 7 gamblers were caught red-handed gambling at Arera Palace Hotel. During the raid five gamblers managed to escape and they are still at large.The police have registered a case under Gambling Act and the gamblers were produced before the court on Wednesday. The accused were granted bail later by the court.
Gamblers were identified as Ram Ahuja, Raejsh, Ajay, Ramesh, Mahendra, Pradeep and Manoj. Police said that for the past few days, information of gambling in the Arera Palace hotel were being received but did not rush to raid the hotel. It was investigated that whether the information was true or someone is trying to mislead the police. After getting the confirmation a police team was formed and raided the premises nabbing the gamblers successfully but few managed to escape.
The hotel manager has been charged for allowing such activities but it is yet confirmed that the hotel manager was aware of the activities which were taking place in the hotel. In the investigation the other five gamblers are been searched and would be nabbed soon, told the police.
The person who facilitated the gambling in the hotel has to be identified as the arrested accused has not confirmed that the bank manager or other employee of the staff was aware about the gambling.The police have started further investigation into the matter.