12 arrested in betting raid at Porvorim

Panaji: Goa police on Friday arrested 12 persons for allegedly running an online betting racket in Porvorim and seized laptops, mobile phones, and routers worth Rs 2 lakh.

After a tip-off that some persons are operating an online betting racket for the T20 cricket match between New Zealand and UAE, police raided a room in Hotel Mantry, Porvorim, and apprehended 12 persons accepting bets.

Superintendent of police (SP) north Goa Nidhin Valsan said that the accused have been identified as Karan Rajesh Patil, Amit More, both natives of Maharashtra, Naveen Batra, Varinder Singh, Suraj Nagdev, Kishan Poptani, Tilesh Kumar Kurrey, Shrey Sharma, all natives of Chhattisgarh, Sanjay Subba, Ritesh Jaiswal, both natives of Delhi, Ashish Mantry, a native of Rajasthan and Ankit Kumar, a native of Jharkhand.

An FIR under Sections 3 and 4 of The Goa Daman & Diu Public Gambling Act, 1976 has been registered.


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