Crime branch of Bhopal police has nabbed two gamblers from Bairagarh on the charge of accepting bets on the Chennai Super King and Royal Challenger Bangalore T20 IPL cricket match in the night on Saturday.
Police recovered one LED TV, two mobile phones, book diary, Rs 3800 and transactions worth lakhs of rupees from the possession of the accused.
Acting on a tip off regarding betting on the ongoing Chennai Super King and Royal Challenger Bangalore T20 IPL cricket near Dr. Bhambhani’s house team acted swiftly and reached the spot where the few men were found placing and accepting bets on the match and after spotting the police they escaped the spot while two were nabbed.
The nabbed accused were identified as Vicky Rijwani (25) and Gaurav Aaswani (25) who is a resident of Bairagarh.
Nabbed accused revealed the names of the absconding accused as Bharat alias Bharu Aswani, Bally, Gaffar Khan, Vijay Sahu, Kallu, Ajit and Raku. Search for the absconding accused has been started.
At the time of the mobile phones were found which were used for betting on the ongoing match. The reason for betting was making fast money which the accused told the police.
The mobile phone details would be searched to check the transactions found on the betting slips recovered from the accused in the raid.
During the further investigation more arrest would be made police said. Police have registered a case under sections 3 and 4 of the Gambling Act.