The MP Nagar police nabbed eight people including the owner of a Hukka Bar, owner gambling at Vampires Hukka Bar late in the night on Friday and recovered Rs 33,300 and playing cards from their possession.
Acting on a tip off over half a dozen gamblers were caught gambling by MP Nagar police late in the night on Friday from Hukka bar.
The nabbed accused were identified as Sarabjit Singh (27) of Govindpura, Sagar Agrawal (32) of Karond, Zeeshan Khan (27) of Shyama Hills, Sawar Ahmed (36) Budhawara, Adil Rashid (26) of Capital petrol pump area, Mohammad Faisal (28) of Old Categorised market, Virat Agrawal (28) of Mata Mandir and Ankur Gupta (33) of Minal residency.
Virat Agrawal is owner of Vampires Arena Hukka Bar where the gamblers were nabbed gambling.
The place was chosen to evade suspicion. The gamblers tried to escape the spot but where nabbed by the police.
Police said that the in the raid the gamblers were found gambling. The raid was conducted after receiving information of suspicious activities in the Hukka bar and based on the tip off raid when the raid was conducted gamblers were nabbed and around Rs 33,300 cash were recovered from their possession.
The accused have been booked earlier and search for the past criminal records of the nabbed gamblers would be done.
Most of the gamblers nabbed are traders. The police have registered a case under Gambling Act and started further investigation.