Five persons were arrested from Ramsagar Para locality of the state capital for allegedly betting on IPL cricket match held on Tuesday night.
Additional superintendent of police (city) Prafull Thakur said the arrest were made after police received a tip-off about an online betting racket being run from Ramsagar Para locality during IPl cricket matches.
“Following which we conducted a raid at a flat in the locality and arrested the five," the officer said.
The ASP identified the five as Mohan Somani, Ankur Khandelwal, Jai Khandelwal, Ashwani Sharma and Vivek Bisen. The accused were operating the hi-tech betting racket.
Cash worth Rs 53 Lakh, sixty mobile phones hi-tech holders used for betting were recovered from the spot, he added.
Cases have been registered under relevant sections against the accused, the ASP said adding that further probe was underway.