The crime branch police on Thursday arrested an accused who was involved in betting on T20 cricket matches. He was caught from Kamla Park area; two gamblers were nabbed on March 4 while the main accused had gone underground.
Police said that Javed alias Israr Khan, the main accused who was involved in betting over T20 cricket matches went missing after two persons Rashid Khan and Mohammad Arif who used to work for him were nabbed by crime branch from Fatehgarh on March 4.
Mobile phone used for betting has been recovered from the main accused. With the arrest of the main accused details of operating of the gamblers in the city would be revealed.
After the arrest of the two gamblers the main accused Javed escaped and remained absconding and later the search for the main accused was intensified and acting on a tip off regarding the accused teams were alerted and acting swiftly the accused was nabbed.
Notably on March 4 Rashid Khan and Mohammad Ari involved in betting on the final cricket match of T20 World Cup were nabbed from Fatehgarh by crime branch Bhopal and recovered seven mobile phones, TV set, one set top box, betting receipts of transactions of lakhs of rupees and `2000 cash were recovered from their possession.
During the investigation the two nabbed accused confessed that they used to work for Javed and based on the information search for the third accused was started.