Police arrested three persons for their alleged involvement in betting for cricket matches in Gunupur of Rayagada district late on Saturday night. The trio was involved in online cricket betting in Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh.
Acting on reliable information on betting being carried out for the India-Australia Women’s T20 World Cup final match, a police team led by the Gunupur DSP raided a place and arrested the three persons identified as Bichikeswara Rao, J Rajesh and Santosh Bauri, all of the Gunupur area.
More than 10 cases are pending against the three accused.
Though they had been arrested earlier, after being released on bail they resume their betting activities. Questioning of the three persons was on to elicit information about involvement in others in the betting, police said.
A total of Rs 1.26 lakh cash, nine mobile phones, three ATM cards and three motorcycles were seized from the possession of the three accused.