Kamla Nagar police nabbed three gamblers for placing and accepting bets on the ongoing IPl T20 matches from Nehru Nagar under Kamla Nagar police station area on Saturday and recovered betting slips having transactions of lakhs of rupees, four mobile phones, one lED TV, `2,000 cash and one set top box from their possession.
According to the police, acting on a tip-off, three youths were nabbed who were caught accepting bets on IPl matches.
The three were identified as Pawan Diwkar ( 20), Tillchand Bahadur (19) and Shiva Gaur (22). They were nabbed from a rented room which was used for betting. The three are students and details of the three would be searched said the police.
Mobile phones recovered from the miscreants would be searched as details of gamblers placing bets could be obtained from the mobile phones.
At the time of the raid, police caught the two red-handed accepting and placing bets over mobile phones. During investigation, police have not found involvement of the three in betting for long and the past crime record of three would be searched in further investigation.
The three were granted bailed and later released said the police. Police said that the three wanted to make fast money due to which they started betting but found that profitable to place bets for others which was a safer way to earn money in gambling. The police have registered a case under Gambling Act and have started further investigation.