New Delhi, December 23
The Delhi Police Crime Branch arrested 10 persons for allegedly operating a cricket betting racket from a rented accommodation in Karol Bagh.
The police have identified the accused as Raju Vaishnav, Ajay Kumar, Yogesh Taneja, Tarun Khanna, Manish Jain, Kushal, Parves Kumar, Harvinder Deol, Gautam Das and Jagrat Saihni, who were caught red handed in the rented flat,
The crime branch found out that the accused were allegedly placing illegal bets on a match between between Hobart Hurricanes and Perth Scorchers – teams playing the Australian men’s professional club Twenty20 cricket league, also called the Big Bash League (BBL).
The police found them placing bets on their laptops and mobile phones in the seventh Twenty20 cricket live cricket match of BBL being played from 10.30 am.
DCP (Crime) Sanjay Sain stated that Jagrit alias Sunny, possessed a master identity card (ID) for a betting website (JMD Sports.com). He used his ID to create sub IDs and sold them to punters for placing bets on live matches. The profits and losses were shared between the master ID holder and the punters – 5% and 95%.
The police have seized five laptops, 14 cellphones, five notepads, six pens and a television, used in the betting, apart from 10 personal smartphones from the spot.
