Four held for operating IPL betting racket

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Police on Monday busted another IPL betting racket in Chhattisgarh, this one run from a house in Bilaspur city and arrested four persons.

Bilaspur Superintendent of Police Prashant Agrawal told The Pioneer over telephone that the arrested men are Shailesh Kashyap (44), Vinod Kumar Yadav (38), Rupesh Khobragade (32) and Dev Kumar Sahu (19), all    residents of Bilaspur city.

Police seized two mobile phones, a LED TV, two DTH set top box, 15 mobile phones, Rs 72,500 in cash and betting records detailing transactions of around Rs 50 lakh from them, Agrawal said.

They had bet on the IPL match played between Rajasthan Royals and Kings-11 Punjab at a house in Civil Lines area, the officer said.

As of Sunday, police have arrested 11 persons for operating IPL betting rackets in Bilaspur district.

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