US Nagar police arrests 4 for betting on IPL matches

Rudrapur: The Udham Singh Nagar police have arrested four persons in Kashipur for allegedly betting on Indian Premier League matches, police officials said on Thursday.

The accused were arrested on late Wednesday from the sugar mill gate in Tada Ujjain locality. Kashipur’s station house officer CM Singh said that acting on a rip-off, the police personnel raided the spot where the accused were found accepting bets on an IPL match in a car between the Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore.

"The four accused, identified as Ali Hassan alias Sethji, Armaan Ahmed, Arshi Hussain and Javed Ahmed, all natives of UP’s Rampur were arrested. We also recovered Rs 1.49 lakh cash and four mobile phones from their possession. The car has also been impounded,” SHO Singh said.

Singh told that the accused, upon interrogation, revealed that Sethji is the kingpin of the gang. He is into betting for the past couple of years. The gang has two more accomplices in Bazpur and Kashipur, who channelised betting with customers. The police team is trying to man the other two as well.

The accused have been booked under section 13 of the Public Gambling Act.