Gujarat cops bet on new laws to catch online gamblers

AHMEDABAD:

Gujarat

cops are looking to change the existing gambling laws as it does not give them power to take action against any such activities that is carried out online.


Earlier, the Gujarat police had imposed a ban on several online video games including PUBG in several cities. The game has been perceived by many to fuel aggression, especially in children. The state government has in the recent past also introduced some stringent changes in prohibition laws.

Ahmedabad city police

chief A K Singh said they have asked the home department to bring changes in the gambling laws as the current laws deal only with physical gambling and betting.

“Recently, the CID crime branch and home department officials had held a meeting to bring changes in gambling laws. It is tough as gambling in some part of the world is legal, while in India it is illegal,” Singh said. “We are working on it and have proposed to bring changes so that people indulging in online gambling could be dealt in accordance with the law,” said Singh.

Singh also talked about the banning of poker. The poker runners had approached the court against the ban but then had withdrawn their petition. “The current gambling law does not give us enough power and the laws need a change as changes were made in the prohibition act in 2016.

Seven caught taking online bets on IPL matches

Ellisbridge police late on Thursday night arrested four persons from a house in Madalpur area who were taking bets on an Indian Premier League (IPL) match between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Rajasthan Royals (RR).

The four persons include Shailesh Bhupat Thakkar, 45, occupant of the house in Madalpur from where they were arrested; Yaqud Kareem Meman, 48, resident of Al Naaz Duplex in Danilimda and Akshay Ashwin Acharya, aged around 45, a resident of Ajendrapark on Avkar Road in Maninagar.

Police has seized cellphones, LED TV, DTH set-top box and a two-wheeler all worth Rs 1.28 lakh in total along with Rs 1.37 lakh cash, stated FIR of the case.

In another case, Navrangpura police nabbed two persons, Pratik Shah, 37, resident of Sarita Flat in Paldi and Tejas Goswami, aged around 40, a resident of Satellite. The duo ran a housing finance company from their office on CG Road from where they were nabbed late on Thursday night, said Navrangpura PI P B Desai. Police seized two cellphones, a TV and a set-top box worth Rs 56,000 in the case.

In a third instance, crime branch sleuths nabbed Pradeep Pirani, Roshan Dholani and Vijay Dharvani while Jitu Tharad and Mohit Vaghvani has been named as absconders from Kubernagar. They were running a cricket betting racket.

“The person who gave them the ID and password of the application for taking online bets was Jitu Tharad who has been booked several times for cricket betting,” said a police official.


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