Police on Monday busted a high-tech IPL satta (betting) racket operating from two places in Mahasamund town of the district.
Three persons were nabbed with Rs 1.75 lakh in cash. Betting records detailing transactions of around Rs 30 lakh were also seized from them, police said.
According to police, five mobile phones, two laptops and a LCD TV and a set-top box was also seized during the raid.
Those arrested have been identified as Suresh Nasine (40), a resident of Subhash Nagar and Deepak Thakur alias Golu (35) and Than Singh Thakur (31), both residents of Imli Bhata locality of Mahasamund town.
Police conducted the raid after getting a tip off about a betting racket under operation in Imli Bhata locality of the town on the match played between Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings. Deepak Thakur and Than Singh were held after the raid.
They were using a special mobile app which also has features of online betting on live IPL cricket matches, police informed, while adding that the accused tried to dodge the arrest by posing as media persons.
Later in a separate action, police nabbed a lawyer Suresh Nasine who was allegedly running satta racket from his house in Subhash Nagar locality of the town.