Two persons involved in betting on the final cricket match of T20 World Cup were nabbed from Fatehgarh by crime branch Bhopal and recovered seven mobile phones, TV set, one set top box, betting receipts of transactions of lakhs of rupees and Rs 2000 cash were recovered from their possession.
Crime branch Bhopal after receiving information of betting on cricket matches acted swiftly and nabbed two persons from Dawood Gali at Fatehgarh and when they were questioned they confessed accepting bets on cricket matches.
The nabbed gamblers were identified as Rashid Khan (32) and Mohammad Arif (35).
During the investigation, the two nabbed accused
confessed that they used to work for Javed and based
on the information search for the third accused has been started.
The two accused confirmed that they were involved in the betting for long and started to work from their home.
On the receipt of the information, crime branch police team vigil the house where the customers used to visit and the accused used to wait near the house to direct them to the house.
The team found that the accused Arif would wait for the customers in alley near his house and would accept the bets their and would direct few to the house for further transactions.
After it was confirmed that the two are involved
in betting they were nabbed by the police and Rashid
is Arif’s brother-in-law and after failing to find a
place where he could operate he started to operate from Arif’s house.