The Central Crime Branch (CCB) sleuths busted a high-tech IPl betting racket and arrested three persons in this connection.
Betting records around Rs 2 crore besides cash of Rs 50,000 and 15 mobile handsets along with an electronic gazette used in betting was also seized from the possession of the accused.
According to the police, the accused were identified as Ambuj Mishra, Rahul Rathore and Niyaz Ahmed.
The CCB sleuths had, a few days back, arrested a person in Civil lines area in Raipur who was involved in betting in the IPl matches. He had told the sleuths that two persons of Raipur and one from Bhilai were operating a betting racket in Moudha village, about 15 km from Nagpur, Maharashtra, Inspector Sanjay Singh of CCB told The Pioneer.
On the basis of the lead and location provided by the accused, the CCB sleuths raided a rented house in Moudha village and arrested the punters, Singh informed.
An offence in this connection has been registered with Civil lines police station under relevant sections of Indian Penal Code. With the arrest of three punters, CCB sleuths are anticipating to bust few more cricket betting dens in Raipur very soon.