Bookie nabbed in Howrah raid

KOLKATA: The Howrah police surprised a satta bookie in his den on Saturday evening. Subrata Banerjee was arrested from a hideout in Chengail Cinematala Road in Uluberia, and board money to the tune of Rs 45,690 seized from him.
Howrah SP Zulfiquar Hasan said Banerjee was also a bootlegger. Thirty foreign liquor bottles were found in the house, as were a mobile phone and wads of used and unused satta pads.
The raid was part of an ongoing crackdown against satta rackets, which have links in Mumbai.In the last week of August, five persons were arrested in simultaneous raids at Shibpur in Howrah, Usti in South 24-Parganas and central Kolkata.