Crime branch has caught 9 bookies placing bets over IPL cricket matches, ID bought to play online betting, Rs 20,000 cash and three mobile phones were recovered from their possession.
Two accused in the case are absconding. He had given the ID to the arrested accused. Police have taken this action in Kolar and Lalghati areas.
Additional DCP Shailendra Singh Chauhan said that on April 17, the police received information that some people were accepting online cricket betting on the IPL cricket match going on in the parking lot of Lalita Nagar Siddharth Tower Kolar.
The police reached the spot and found people in the parking lot placing bets. The nabbed were identified as Mohammad Shahnawaz aka Shan, Hariom Gupta, Salman Khan, Chhotu Khan, Naresh Goswami, Aman Baig, Aditya Prakash alias Adi, Latish Khushlani, Naveen Phoolchandani.
The two absconding accused are Karan and Nishant Yadav.