Chhattisgarh Police on Wednesday busted an online ‘satta’ (betting) racket here and arrested 18 persons.
Raipur Senior Superintendent of Police Ajay Kumar Yadav told The Pioneer that four of the 18 are from Chhattisgarh and the others from Bihar.
They are Vikas Agarwal (28), Sachin Agarwal (21), Anil Agarwal alias Atul (42), Khileshwar Namdev (39), Deepak Kumar Mehta (24), Rakesh Kumar Singh (23), Hemraj Kumar (21), Rakesh Kumar Mehta (19), Ashok Kumar Mehta (21), Mithilesh Kumar Mehta (23), Vicky Kumar (19), Suddu Kumar (19), Ajay Kumar Mehta (23), Sarvesh Kumar (21), Shrikant Kumar Singh (25), Shravan Kumar (21), Pandav Mehta (23) and Harinandan Kumar (19).
The accused were taking online bets on Katpatti, Teen Patti, cricket, hockey, football and other sports besides election exit polls online, the officer said. The police conducted a raid on Tuesday night in Telibandha area in the capital city.
Police seized 34 mobile phones, 4 laptops, Rs 1.3 lakh in cash, several electronic devices, the car as well as betting records detailing transactions of around Rs 2 crore, Yadav said.