The Crime Branch of the Delhi Police has busted an illegal casino at Le Castle Micasa Resort GT Karnal Road, Alipur on Thursday night and 51 people, including five women, were arrested by the police. Gambling chips worth Rs 49 lakhs and stake money of Rs 5.4 lakhs were seized from the spot.
Police said the racket had been going on for months; however, the premises were being changed regularly by the organisers. "The main organisers of the illegal casino racket have been identified as Mukesh Kumar, Sanjay Aggarwal, Devraj Dabas, Ajay Chauhan and Love Vasistha including the five women.
It was found that the owner of the Hotel Ashok Gupta had given the hotel on lease to Ajay Jain and his partners for Rs 15.75 lakhs per month. Ajay Jain and manager Surender Banger have also been arrested along with 38 persons indulging in gambling," Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime) Rajiv Ranjan stated.
On the basis of information, a raid was conducted on Thursday at around 11.45 pm at the premises of Le Castle Micasa Resort and the illegal gambling racket was busted.
"The organisers had hired a trained person namely Love Vashist to run the gambling den. He had earlier worked with a famous casino in Goa and also used to arrange Casino tours for Sri lanka and Ciprus in India," Ranjan said.
During investigation, police found that the five women were serving token and chips at the specially designed casino tables to play cards. Token and chips were being given against cash as well as on credit and a register was being maintained for the same.
"Liquor was solved illegally and the party usually continued all night. Often, live music and dance shows were also arranged," he said.