Police unearthed a cricket betting racket by raiding a betting den at Garage Bazaar in Jaleswar of Baleswar district on Sunday night.
As per reports, the racket was active during the One Day International (ODI) cricket match between India and Australia at Bengaluru.
The raid was conducted by a team of cops after they got a tipoff about an on-going betting over the cricket match.
A punter named Sk Amiruddin, a local resident of Rajpur slum in the town involved in the betting racket was nabbed by police and Rs 1.3 lakh cash was recovered from him.
Sources said that the betting racket was using UPI apps like PhonePe to do all betting related transactions.
The police have launched an investigation into the matter and are trying to nab the others involved in the racket.