Crime branch police nabbed two gamblers accepting bets on the ongoing IPl T20 matches from Kolar area on Sunday and recovered betting slips having transactions of Rs 2 lakh, seven mobile phones, one lED TV, Rs 16240 cash and one set top box from their possession.
According to the police acting on a tip off two miscreants were nabbed who were caught accepting bets on IPl matches. The nabbed miscreants were operating betting from a rented room in Kolar area.
The two were identified as Jagdish Tilwani (35) and Hitesh Sangwani (27). The nabbed miscreants are residents of Bairagarh and work as salesmen at a clothes store in Bairagarh.
Acting on a tip off two miscreants were caught red handed accepting and placing bets over mobile phones. Mobile phones recovered from the miscreants would be searched as details of gamblers placing bets could be obtained from the mobile phones.
In the initial investigation police have found involvement of the miscreants in betting and during the further investigation past crime record would be searched.
Police said that the two confessed that they work during the day at store and during working hours they would search for the customers by sharing the rates for betting and in the process few of the customers contacted them and later the number of people placing bets increased. The betting was done in the evening. They told the police that they were involved in the betting for long. The police have registered a case under Gambling Act and have started further investigation.