The Koh-e-Fiza police on Monday morning arrested 29 persons while gambling and recovered Rs 1.25 lakh cash from their possession in Ekta Nagar.
Acting on a tip off over two dozen gamblers were caught gambling by Koh-e-Fiza police in the wee hours on Monday.
The place chosen was a shanty by the gamblers was behind the Divisional Commissioner’s office. The police raided the place at around 3.30 am on Monday. The gamblers tried to escape the spot but where nabbed by the police.
SHO of Koh-e-Fiza Bl Mandloi 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 1.25 lakh cash were recovered from their possession.
Four accused out of the 29 accused have been booked earlier for gambling and other crimes and search for the past criminal records of the nabbed gamblers would be done, he added.
Proividing further details Mandloi said that the shanty where the gamblers were gambling belonged to person who has been allotted room in the housing schemes for slum dwellers but even after taking possession of the room gamblers used to gamble at the shanty which was raided acting on at tip off. Most of the gamblers nabbed work as a labours.
The police have registered a case under Gambling Act and started further investigation.