Nine held from 5-star hotel in Delhi as police busts IPL betting racket
Nine people have been arrested from a five-star hotel in Delhi for allegedly running a betting racket during the Indian Premier League (IPL), police said. During interrogation, it was found that the accused were involved in betting on cricket matches for the last 10 years, police said.
The Crime Branch was working on inputs about some men being involved in betting money on the IPL matches. On a tip-off, one of its teams conducted a raid yesterday at the five-star hotel in north-west Delhi where the accused men had booked a room for carrying out the betting activities on the match.
When the raid was conducted, it was found that the IPL final between Rising Pune Supergiants and Mumbai Indians was on while customers were calling on cell phones for placing bets on the match, a senior police officer said.
10 mobile phones of bookies, three laptops, seven mobile phones used for receiving calls from clients, two mobile phones for making calls for getting bets and note sheets were seized from the spot, said Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Madhur Verma.
The nine accused– Kunal Miglani (31), Jitender Kumar (33), Sumit Kalra alias Sunny (32), Nitin Harjani (38), Nikhil Gidwani (23), Amit Kumar Dhingra(32), …read more
