Haryana Police has caught four persons betting on the cricket World Cup match between South Africa and Ireland in Sirsa district on Tuesday. A spokesman of the Police Department said that those arrested have been identified as Purushottam, Gobind, Pawan, all residents of Bhadra Bazaar and Vijay, resident of Rania gate, Sirsa. The police recovered 12 mobile phones, cash of about Rs 1.5 lakh, one laptop, one lCD and dairy from the spot.
The Police had received a tip off about people betting on large scale on the World Cup match between South Africa and Ireland near Bhadra Bazaar in Sirsa. Acting swiftly, a team of police of CIA branch immediately reached the spot and nabbed all along with things used for betting.
A case has been registered against the accused in city Police Station, Sirsa. The police is interrogating the accused and also trying to nab other persons linked in their network through mobiles and dairy recovered from the spot, he added.