Indore cops bust cricket betting racket
Indore: Indore Police busted a cricket betting racket and arrested four persons for allegedly placing bets worth Rs 60 lakh on the IPl match played between Mumbai Indians and Gujarat lions last night. Acting on a tip-off, the police raided an apartment in Sarafa area here last night and caught Pankaj Patidar, Dharmendra Solanki, Vikas Patidar and Sourabh Khandelwal for allegedly betting on the match, Additional Superintendent of Police Devendra Patidar said on Sunday. He said the raid was conducted when the IPl match was going on in Kanpur and the four were allegedly placing bets on it. Documents carrying details of transactions worth Rs 60 lakh were seized from their possession, he said. Besides, Rs 3,500 cash, four TV sets and 12 mobile phones were also recovered from them, the ASP said. Police suspect that the four persons may be associated with a gambling racket at the national level. Further probe in the matter was on, he added.
Student kills self after flunking class XII exam
Bhopal: Upset on having failed in class XII examinations of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), a student has committed suicide by hanging at Ayodhya Nagar in the state capital, police said. Shortly after the results were announced, Sagar Malviya, who failed in one subjects, took his own life last evening.
Drunk cop thrashed by mob
Rewa: In an incident that has put police uniform to shame, a drunk constable was beaten by public at a market in Madhya Pradesh's Rewa district, police sources said. Constable Sushil Tiwari, who is posted at Raipur Karchuliyan Police Station, was going in his motorcycle to Prakash Square when he hit a woman. Instead of apologising, the constable began misbehaving with the woman when people got enraged and thrashed him. Senior police officials refrained from commenting over the matter stating that neither side registered a police complaint.