Chhola Mandir police have arrested three persons involved in accepting bets on the ongoing IPl T-20 cricket tournament match and recovered `12,250 cash, five mobile phones and transaction of betting slips from their possession on Saturday.
According to SHO of Chhola Mandir police Pankaj Diwedi acting on a tip off regarding betting on the ongoing IPl T-20 cricket match a police team was formed and three miscreants were arrested.
The nabbed miscreants were identified as Suresh Ahuja of Chhola Mandir, Jagdish Gyani of Bairagarh and Nawab Ali of Karond.
Police said that acting on a tip off on Saturday night regarding miscreants accepting on T-20 match between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Daredevils in the ongoing IPl cricket tournament at a sanitary ware and building construction material shop at Chhola Mandir was raided and nabbed Suresh Ahuja who was placing bets on cricket match and sharing details with his accomplice Jagdish over mobile phone.
In the investigation when Suresh was questioned he confessed names of accomplices Jagdish and Nawab Ali.
Police recovered Rs 8300 cash from Suresh, from Jagdish `1600 were recovered and from Nawab `2350. Betting receipts having transactions over `11000 were also recovered from their possession.After the preliminary investigation the police have registered a case under section 4 of the Pubic Gambling Act and section 66 of IT Act has been registered.
Police said that the call details of the mobile phones recovered from the miscreants would be investigated which could help in gamblers placing bets in the city.