Two persons involved in accepting bets on the cricket matches of the ongoing T20 World Cup were nabbed from Ashoka Garden by the crime branch Bhopal and three mobile phones, one set top box, betting receipts, calculator and `11,000 cash were recovered from their possession.
Acting on a tip-off, crime branch police personnel nabbed two accused involved in accepting bets. The accused were identified as Rajendra Kumar Gupta and Sunlil Tiwari were nabbed from Ashoka Garden.
On the receipt of the information crime branch police team started to keep an eye on the main accused Rajendra Kumar Gupta who operated from a Pan shop and before two hours of the match the customers visiting the shop were watched during which it was found that the customers used to stay at the shop for long and would discuss with the shopkeeper for long and would write during the discussion.
The shopkeeper later closed the shop and went to his house and not returned. After it was found that the shopkeeper was involved in the betting he was nabbed from his house and he confirmed involvement of Sunil Tiwari.
Main accused Gupta said that he was not having any place for operating the betting due to which he started pan shop.
The accused have confessed that they were involved in betting for long but were not having any place due to which the people interested in placing bets were getting distracted and later they decided to operate from a specific place for the convenience of their customers.