Three persons involved in betting on cricket matches were nabbed on Tuesday. The crime branch Bhopal, in the action recovered Rs39,500 in cash and electronic goods used in placing and accepting bets; two persons were nabbed from Minal Residency while the main accused was nabbed from Nadra bus stand. Acting on a tip-off regarding betting, a team of crime branch Bhopal was formed and the house number NMR-E-329 at Minal Residency was raided. The police unearthed betting racket operated by two persons, who were found at the time of raid in the house.
The two accused nabbed were operating betting from the house and in the raid Rs39500, 15 mobile phones, one TV, one laptop, and pen drive were recovered. Nabbed accused were identified as Dinesh Saini alias Dinnu and Chetan Rai. When the two were questioned, they confessed that they work for Susheel Tamrakar and nabbed him from Nadra bus stand.
During the investigation, it was found that the nabbed accused have links in Nagpur and names of persons of Bhopal involved in betting were found, but the names have not be revealed as it could hamper the investigation and those involved might get alert and escape. The action was taken on the directives of Deputy Superintendent of Police Dhyan Singh Chouhan, who formed a team headed by inspector Sandhya Sharma and raided the house.