6 arrested for betting on T-20 World Cup match

Mohali: Police claimed to have arrested six

bookies

involved in a T-20 World Cup

betting

racket from Motia City, Zirakpur. Police recovered one laptop and 22 mobile phones from their hideout, said Mohali SSP Navjot Singh Mahal.

The six bookies have been identified as Dharamvir, a resident of Hari Vishnu Colony, Sirsa (Haryana), Manoj Kumar of Hari Vishnu Colony, Sirsa, Raj Kumar alias Raju of Suratgarhia Bazar, Sirsa, Rajiv of Hari Vishnu Colony, Sirsa, Vishal Kumar of Shahpur Begu village, Sirsa and Sunil Kumar alias Sonu of Sardulgarh, district Mansa. They have been accused of betting on the T-20 World Cup final match between Australia and New Zealand.

The SSP said that on Sunday, CIA staff, Mohali police party received an intelligence report saying that that the six accused were betting on the final match of T-20 Cricket World Cup 2021 between Australia and New Zealand by cheating innocent people.

A Mohali police party raided the flat and arrested the accused, recovering 22 mobile phones and one HP laptop. They have been booked under sections 420 of the IPC, and sections 13 -3-67 of the Gambling Act at Zirakpur police station.

The accused were betting at Dharamvir's flat in Motia City on the ongoing T-20 World Cup cricket match. They have been involved in betting for the last many years. Dharamveer had purchased the said flat in Motia City, Zirakpur with the proceeds. The accused, who allegedly had a large betting network and websites, were produced in court on Monday and remanded in police custody.

The CIA staff, under the supervision of SP Wazir Singh Khaira, inspector Sukhnaj Singh and inspector Baljinder Singh, in-charge of CIA, Mohali, led the team and busted the betting racket.