Govindpura police arrested seven persons on the charge of gambling and recovered Rs 13000 cash, playing cards and 17 mobile phones from their possession in Subhash Market area on Wednesday.
Acting on a tip off, police team reached the spot and nabbed 7 gamblers who were found gambling. Police said that the in the raid the gamblers were found gambling in a room and in the raid around Rs 13000 cash was recovered from their possession.
The nabbed accused were identified a Pradeep, Prakash, lalit, Charan Singh, Tarun, Omprakash and Jai Asnani. The police have registered a case under relevant sections 3 and 4 of the Gambling Act and started further investigation.
Police found that the place was used by the gamblers for long and used to gamble at different places across the city to evade attracting attention and police arrest. The crime record of the gamblers would be searched in the further investigation, said police.
Meanwhile Nishatpura police have nabbed a miscreant and recovered a country made pistol and a live cartridge from his possession from MIG ground late in the night on Wednesday.
According to the police, acting on a tip off regarding person carrying country made pistol a team was rushed to the spot and started searching for the miscreant and detained the miscreant and recovered a country made pistol from his possession.
The miscreant was identified as Ghulam Abbas. The reason of carrying arms would be investigated. The police have registered a case under section 25 and 27 of the Arms Act and started further investigation.