Ten persons including four women were nabbed while gambling at a BDA apartment under Shahjehanabad police station area on Thursday and the police recovered Rs1.67 lakh from their possession. Station House Officer of Shahjehanabad police Pankaj Dwivedi said that the gamblers were nabbed gambling after house no 19 of BDA Colony was raided and caught the gamblers red-handed. The house is owned by Mahesh Parwani, who runs an Ayurvedic Clinic.
Along with Mahes Parwani, Hitesh, lalit Soni and Narendra Kumar were nabbed from the house. The women nabbed from the house were identified as Rakhi Ahuja, Mohani Keshwani, Neeta Talreja, Seema Soni, Kavita Chandwani and Durga. The nabbed group confirmed that used to gamble at different places to avoid attention. In the past the accused have gambled in Bairagarh, Gandhi Nagar and Tilajamalpura areas and it is possible that they would confirm more details of the places which were used for gambling and those who have facilitated the gambling.
SHO Dwivedi said that in the preliminary investigation, the nabbed accused have claimed that they used to gamble for enjoyment and along with enjoyment they could also make fast money from gambling. He further added that the women are not from well to do families and their financial condition is not good enough to maintain good lifestyle, but it is possible that more details could emerge in the further investigation. The police have registered case under Gambling Act and have started further investigation.