New Delhi. According to the big news coming from Bangalore, the police have arrested 18 people here today. Also, more than four lakh rupees have been recovered from them, which were used for betting in the T20 World Cup. Along with this, the police have also seized 17 mobile phones apart from cash from them. It is being told that the said action has been taken by the West Zone Police of Bangalore.
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On October 22, the police busted a cricket betting racket late on Wednesday night after raiding a house in Hyderabad’s Mansoorabad and arresting four, including the organizers and punters. Not only this, the police had seized six lakh from them while another 10.7 lakh deposited in the account of one accused. According to the information, the accused were betting in the first round match of T20 World Cup between West Indies and Zimbabwe.
In the said case, police had seized Rs 6 lakh from sub-bookie M Bhaskar (35), accountant T Koteshwar Rao (30) and two punters G Rajesh Kumar (35) and K Srinivas. But the main bookie U Satish Raju is absconding.