Bagh Sewania police have nabbed six gamblers from Kunj Nagar accepting bets on the ongoing IPl T20 cricket matches late in the night on Wednesday; police recovered 13 mobile phones, one TV set, betting slips and Rs 65000 cash from their possession.
Acting on a tip off regarding betting on the ongoing IPC T20 cricket matches in Kunj Nagar, a police team rushed to the spot and nabbed six persons involved in betting. The nabbed accused persons were identified as Sidharth, Pawan, Moti, Niranjan , Balirao and Harish.
SHO of Bagh Sewania police station lalit Singh said that the Sidharth Singh and Pawan Nigam are students of private engineering college.
Siddharth hails from Rewa while Pawan hails from Maihar. The details of the other nabbed accused regarding past crime records has been searched.
It was a group working to make fast money or they have been involved in betting for long would be investigated. A case under section 4 of the IPC and section 66 of IT Act has been registered, he added.
Singh said that electronic goods and Rs65000 were recovered from the house. The total recovery is around Rs 1.5 lakh. Betting slips recovered from the house have transactions of lakhs of rupees which would be investigated.
The call detail of the mobile phones would be searched which could help in unearthing the betting nexus operating in the city.
Involvement of the accused in the betting would be investigated and action against those involved for long and are habitual would be taken.