The Delhi Police has arrested six men allegedly found running a betting module on the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) matches in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) following a raid at a place in south Delhi’s Rajpur Khurd village area.
The arrested accused have been identified as Gaurav Sejwal (30), Sonu Rathi (37), Sahil Luthra (28), Mohit Dagar (27), Hemant Dalal (30) and Sanjay Rathi (38).
Police said a laptop, nine mobile phones and a stake amount of Rs 1,19,700 used for betting on the ongoing IPL 2020 cricket match between Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore was recovered during the raid.
According to Atul Kumar Thakur, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), South district, a raid was conducted at around 9.40 pm on Monday after specific information was received that some people were running a betteing module on ongoing IPL cricket match between Delhi Capitals Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore in an enclosed premises in the area of Rajpur Khurd village.
“On reaching the spot, six persons were found sitting with a laptop and making entries of betting being done, while in a mobile phone, live cricket match was being telecast and on other phone, rates of betting were being announced,” said the DCP.
“A case under relevant sections of gambling act was registered against them at Maidan Garhi police station,” the DCP said, adding further investigation is underway.