Bookies goes musical!

The forthcoming cricket world cup and the IPL have made bookies go musical and use popular songs as code phrases to evade detection, say cops.
Gearing up for the forthcoming cricket world cup and the next edition of the IPL, bookies are using popular songs like “Jai Ho” and “Munni Badnaam Hui” to an altogether new end – setting them as their caller tunes to evade the cops while placing bets!
Officers from Mumbai Crime Branch have decoded some of their tunes.Latest hits and even popular oldies like “Chalo Ek Baar Phir Se” now feature as ring tones and caller tunes in the bookie world. Ranbir Kapoor’s “Tu Na Jaane Aas Paas Hai Khuda” is an alert which says the cops are around.
“All Izz Well” from “3 Idiots” means ‘all clear, you can place your bets.’ “Tere Mast Mast Do Nain” stands for ‘you are under police scanner. Your call is on record.’ “Munni Badnaam Hui” stands for ‘we are not getting the expected rates’, the Akshay Kumar-Shilpa Shetty number “Chura Ke Dil Mera Goriya Chali” indicates that the market’s running in loss, and “Peeloon Teri Neeli Neeli Aankhon Se Shabnam” is a hint to distribute the money and cover up losses. “Nahin Nahin Abhi Nahin” from the film “Jawaani Deewani” is a warning to stop calling as a police raid is likely. And the patriotic song “Suno Gaur Se Duniya Walon” indicates that India’s the favourite, while “Jai Ho” proclaims that India’s winning. Salman Khan’s “Tera Hi Jalwa” means ‘business is good. Place more bets and you’ll win.’ Mahendra Kapoor’s famous “Chalo Ek Baar Phir Se Ajnabi Ban Jayen” from “Gumrah” says, ‘the contract’s over. Now we are strangers to each other’!
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