IPL betting racket busted, 8 arrested

Vasco:

Vasco

police busted a betting racket on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday and have arrested eight persons involved in the crime.

Besides, two laptops, several mobile phones, two improvised devices connected with mobile phones for receiving phone calls, one television set and some writing material have been attached from the possession of the accused.

Police said that they conducted a raid in a flat at Vaddem, Vasco, based on a tip-off that a group was accepting bets on the outcome of IPL matches. The arrested persons have been identified as Vijay Devilal Jat, 23, from Rajhastan, Dilip Kurkreja, 31, Gulshan Kumar Tikyani, 30, Rohit Nadnani, 24 and Girish Lalwani, 26, from Nagpur and Prakash Singh, 29, from Madhya Pradesh.

All the six accused were released on bail on Friday evening. Initial inquiry has revealed that they have been operating from the raided premises since September 19.

In the same case, two more accused Krishna Arun Das, alias Vicky Bangali, 45, from Chicalim, and Mohammed Sharif from Sasmollem, Baina, were arrested on late Friday evening.