Chhattisgarh Police on Thursday arrested nine gamblers and seized Rs 2.56 lakhs and playing cards from them in Raipur city, police said.
Raipur Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Tarkeshwar Patel said those arrested are Rakesh Agrawal, Dhananjay Singh, Brijesh Sharma, Tarun Nanwani, Mannu Madani, Anil Shukla, Brijesh Kohli, Ramkumar Gupta and Sumeet Singh. All are from Raipur.
Acting on a tip, they were caught gambling on Wednesday night at a hotel room near the railway station.