The CBI on Tuesday took over investigation into the illegal lottery scam in Karnataka and registered a case for cheating and criminal conspiracy under the IPC against alleged lottery operators. As a fallout of the scam, senior IPS officer Alok Kumar posted as additional commissioner of police was suspended recently.
The provisions of lottery Prohibition Act have also been slapped against the named accused and unknown others.
The investigation of the said case was taken over by the CBI which was earlier registered vide FIR No.64/2015 at Police Station-Excise Enforcement and lottery Prohibition Wing on the request of the Karnataka Government, the CBI said in a statement.