Chhattisgarh Police on Friday busted IPL betting rackets operating in three residential houses of Raipur and Bilaspur and arrested six persons.
Raipur Senior Superintendent of Police Ajay Kumar Yadav told the Pioneer that Sagar Sharma (28), a resident of Purani Basti locality in the state capital, was arrested.
Police seized a LED TV, 10 mobile phones and betting records detailing transactions of around Rs 2 lakh from him. He had bet on the IPL match played between Kings-11 Punjab and Royal Challengers Bangalore at a house in Purani Basti, the officer said.
In a 'satta' betting racket in Bilaspur, the police arrested three persons, identified as Gurumukh Thadani (45), Haresh Bajaj (43) and Raju Karda (29), all residents of Civil Lines Gudhiyari locality, Bilaspur Superintendent of Police Prashant Agrawal told The Pioneer.
Police seized four mobile phones, a LED TV, Rs 11,000 in cash and betting records of Rs 15 lakh.
Police arrested them on Thursday night after getting a tip about the betting racket on the terrace of a house in Civil Lines in Bilaspur. They too had bet on the match between Kings-11 Punjab and Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Two others, Sumeet Pamnani (25) and Gautam Simnani (21), who hail from Sarkanda area in Bilaspur, were arrested for operating a betting racket on the IPL match between Kings-11 Punjab and Royal Challengers Bangalore, Agrawal said.
Police seized two mobiles, a TV set and betting records of Rs 5.62 lakh from them.