Amid the IPl spot fixing scandal involving Cricketers, the Crime Branch of Delhi Police on Friday busted another organised betting racket indulging Indian Premier league. The accussed identified as Pawan Arora was arrested by the Delhi Police from his rented accommodation in North Delhi area. A television, a laptop, 44 chargers, 60 mobile phones, two remotes, 51 mobile phone mikes, two internet USB data cards and other writing material were recovered from his possession.
“The accused Pawan Arora was running an organized cricket betting racket in his rented house at Rani Bagh, and was writing ‘Satta’ during the match between ‘Kolkata Knight Riders and Pune Warriors’. Following the tip off, a decoy customer was created and sent to his house to offer a deal” said Additional Commissioner of Police, Crime Branch, Ravindra Yadav.
On the instance of the decoy customer the raid was conducted. At the time of raid, the cricket match was being viewed live between ‘Kolkata Knight Riders and Pune Warriors’. The accused, Pawan was using one mobile phone line to receive the betting rates from the bookies. He was also forwarding the ‘satta’ rates to his bookies by using 68 parallel mobile phone lines and recording the conversation on other mobile phones.
Pawan revealed that he has been running this racket with the help of his associates, from his rented house, for the last two years. He further disclosed that the other bookies to whom he is providing lines pay him Rs3,000 per month, whereas he is paying Rs5,000 per month to the main bookie and hence earning Rs two lakh, as he is having 68 lines for forwarding the rates.