Chandigarh has witnessed rapid increase in the cases of gambling.
As per the official records of UT Police, over 10 cases of gambling has been registered in the first week of June while police had registered a total 34 cases during last month in which several gamblers were also arrested from various parts of the city.
In another such case, Chandigarh police on Friday busted a gang of gamblers from Daddu Majra Colony and recovered an amount of Rs2.52 lakh from their possession.
A special raid by Chandigarh police on a tip-off was conducted at Dadu Majra Colony where a gang of gamblers was busted and police arrested 11 people.
The accused were identified as Surjit Singh, Sagar Nahar, Ajit Singh, Ravinder Singh, Sumit Kumar, Rameshwar Kumar, Ravinder Kumar, Sukh Ram, Bharat Bhushan, Amit Kumar and Vicky, all of them are residents of Chandigarh and Davinder Singh who was identified as the prime accused is a resident of Mohali.
While talking to the mediapersons, DSP Surjit Singh Malik, DSP said that cases under Section 13-3-67 of gambling Act has been registered against all the accused who were arrested by police from the spot and further investigation in the case is under progress.