Cops bust IPL betting racket, 4 held

Panaji: Crime branch of Goa police arrested four persons from a flat in Taleigao for allegedly organising betting on IPL.
Crime branch SP Shobhit Saxena said that on getting information about the betting racket, a crime branch team led by PI Dattaguru Sawant went to the flat and found four persons accepting IPL bets online.
All the arrested are Chhattisgarh residents and were identified as Ranjot Singh Chabra, Sunil Motwani, Kapil Tolani and Vinay Gangwani, Saxena said.
He said that the four were accepting bets from their clients in Chhattisgarh over phone. Several mobile phones have been seized. A laptop has also been seized along with other related articles, all worth around Rs 2 lakh.
The SP said that the accused had taken bets close to Rs 50 lakh in the current season, when they were operating from Goa.