Nishatpura police have nabbed three gamblers involved in betting on the ongoing IPl T20 tournament from Bhanpur and recovered electronic goods, betting slips and Rs4,000 cash from their possession on Monday.
According to the police, three gamblers were caught red-handed betting on the ongoing IPl match in Bhanpur. The three were identified as Sanjay Yadav, Nitin Jain and Karan Singh.
The house was owned by one Nitin Jain where the three were involved in accepting and placing bets.
Investigating Officer SI BP Singh said the three were arrested from Nitin Jain’s residence late in the night on Monday. One laptop, one lED TV set, 13 mobile phones and Rs4000 cash were recovered from their possession.
Singh claimed that a diary has been recovered from their possession in which codes have been used to mention details and in the same diary details of cash transactions have been mentioned. The diary has details of transactions worth lakhs of rupees. The details of the diary would be investigated.
The mobile phones would be searched which could help in the investigation of those who have placed bets on the IPl matches. In the initial investigations no criminal records of the three have been found and their past criminal records would be searched, he added.
The three are involved in betting on IPl matches. Their involvement in the betting would be investigated claimed the police. Jain works as a property dealer, Yadav runs a shop of incense sticks in Peergate and Singh works a contractor. Acting on a tip off the three were nabbed from Sanjay Yadav’s home near Peoples Mall in the morning on Tuesday.