In one of the biggest IPl satta (betting) racket busted so far, Bilaspur police arrested 3 persons with Rs1.61 lakh cash and betting records of crores from Nirtu village situated in the outskirts of the city. About 16 mobile phones, TV, laptops and disk connections were also seized from their possession.
According to City Superintendent of Police Bilaspur Abhishek Meena the accused have been identified as Vimal Kashyap (25) Kamal Kishor Tekam (20) and Govind Soni (24) all residents of Mangla area.
The CSP said that we had information that a satta racket was being operated from some remote areas however, we were not able to pin out their location. “Based on inputs we posted the Crime Branch (CB) sleuths in the outer areas of Nirtu village. On Thursday late night after the match between Kolkata Knight Rider and Pune Warriors was over, Govind Soni was spotted going towards the village with a bag, the cops intercepted him on the basis of suspicion who then took the CB sleuths to the spot from where satta was being operated,” said CSP and added that records seized from accused indicate that Crores of rupees were on stake for IPl matches.
He informed that the betting was being operated from a small hut in a deserted location near the village. Police have seized 16 mobile phones, dish TV set, inverts along with cash Rs1.61 lakh.
The accused were preparing the record of wager amount for match between Kings Punjab XI and Rajasthan Royals. Police have also got mobile records of big bookies based in other cities.