The MP Nagar police arrested 22 persons on the charge of gambling and recovered Rs 94,700 cash from their possession in Durga Nagar on Sunday.
Acting on a tip off over more than a dozen gamblers were caught gambling by Hanumangaj police late in the night on Saturday.
Police received information that gamblers with big bets worth lakhs of rupees are gambling and on the receipt of the information the place was raided. One of the gamblers Nafees Adalat managed to escape taking advantage of the darkness.
Police said that the in the raid the gamblers were found gambling in a room. The raid was conducted after receiving information of suspicious activities in the area and based on the tip off raid when the raid was conducted gamblers were nabbed and around Rs 94,700 cash was recovered from their possession.