Two persons running an illegal online gambling casino and 12 customers were arrested in a raid conducted by New Ashok Nagar police staffs in East Delhi. Operating from a flat, the accused persons were caught red-handed playing online casino in computers at the location, police revealed on Monday.
The owner of the illegal gambling establishment Amit (25), Manager Neeraj (27) and 12 other customers who were gambling at the venue were arrested, Deputy Commissioner of Police (East) Pankaj Kumar Singh revealed.
“Information was received on Sunday by New Ashok Nagar police station regarding an illegal gambling casino running in a flat in New Ashok Nagar Delhi. A team led by Station House Officer New Ashok Nagar C.R. Meena, under the supervision of Assistant Commissioner of Police Anand Kumar Mishra (Kalyanpuri) was constituted and a raid was conducted,” DCP stated.
“On raiding the location, police staff found 13 persons including the manager gambling online on the computers. Police staff seized 10 Desktop computers, including Central Processing Unit (CPU), Monitors, Keyboard, mouse, Router and LAN connecting machine,” DCP revealed.
“Cash amounting to Rs 38130 was also recovered from the location. A case under section 3 and 4 of Delhi Public Gambling Act dealing with penalty for owning or keeping or having charge of a gaming house and being found in gaming house. Further investigation is underway,” DCP added.