In a raid on betting in the ongoing IPl matches, the police on Thursday night arrested two bookies from Machna Colony under Habibganj police station area. Four others managed to flee from the spot. However, the police recovered Rs 18,000, a TV set, five mobile phones and betting slips from their possession.
According to the police, acting on a tip-off a house in Machna Colony was raided and in the raid, around half a dozen persons were found placing bets in the ongoing IPl match between Rajasthan and Delhi Daredevils and nabbed Mahesh and Anand. It was found that they were facilitating the betting. The house which was raided is owned by Mahesh.
Four bookies managed to escape. Police have lodged a case under the Gambling Act. At the time of IPl matches, the betting by bookies attains the peak and the number of people involved in offering the bets swell. The call details and contact details of the mobile phones which have been recovered in the raid would be investigated and it is possible that the nexus behind the betting racket would be unearthed.
Betting slips worth lakhs of rupees were also found from the spot which would provide an important link in the case as it would help in identifying those involved in offering and placing bets. Police said that it would be investigated if the nabbed accused were involved in betting cases in the past and at the same time it would also be investigated whether they were accepting the bets or forwarding the accepted bets to some other party.