Nine persons involved in accepting and placing bets on the ongoing World Cup match in Jehangirabad were booked by crime branch, Bhopal and recovered eight mobile phones, one TV, set top box and Rs6,900 cash on Thursday.
Acting on a tip-off, crime branch Bhopal team raided a tea stall in Jehangirabad area and detained nine persons including the tea stall owner. The crime branch Bhopal team initially identified and marked the tea stall and later, raided the shop. Information of a tea stall at Church road was provided by the informant.
During the raid, nine mobile phones, receipts of placing and accepting betting, one TV, one set top box and Rs6,900 were recovered. It was found that the main accused was Manju Yadav. All the nabbed accused are residents of Jehangirabad area.
The receipts of the betting would be searched and the call record details of mobile phones would be investigated, which would help in revealing the network and people engaged in betting. Police said that the owner Manju Yadav used to run the tea stall to evade suspicion and arrest.
The nabbed offenders were identified as Manju Yadav (42), who is the main accused and owner of the tea stall. Asif Khan (23), Sameer (19), Raj Shrivastava (18), Ashiq Khan (26), Mehraj (45), Santosh Singh (28), Noor alias Noor Ali and Vijay Kumar (28) were the other nabbed miscreants. Ashiq Khan and Noor Ali are bookies while Vijay Kumar was wanted in betting. Details of the nabbed accused are being searched by the police.