Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, July 29: Udhampur Police busted a cricket bookie racket with the arrest of kingpin’s associate and two others from Sailan Talab area along with Rs 30,000 betting amount.
Divulging the details, SSP Udhampur Mohammad Rayees Bhat said that on reliable information, a team from Udhampur Police Station led by SHO Udhampur Inspector Vijay Choudhary under the supervision of DySP Headquarters Udhampur Kulbir Handa conducted raid in a rented shop of a person namely Raju at Salain Talab.
During the raid, police arrested a bookie, who was allegedly accepting bets on Indian Premier League (IPL) and other cricket matches along with two others. Police also recovered Rs 30,000 betting amount from the spot, SSP said, adding that the arrested person identified as Varinder Kumar, son of Tulsi Ram, a resident of Venus Chowk Sailan Tabal, District Udhampur was associate of racket’s kingpin identified as Raju. “Two others, who were also arrested have been identified as Rohit Kumar, son of Sham Kumar and Rajinder Kumar, son of Bal Krishan, both residents of Kallar, District Udhampur. Raju, the tenant of the shop and kingpin of the racket is absconding and hunt has been launched to nab him”, SSP informed.
He further said that primary interrogation of Varinder Kumar has revealed that his accomplice Raju and other bookies accepted bets on cricket matches and passed on information to a top-level bookie in Mumbai and other States. Police are on the lookout for his accomplice Raju and others.
“Raju’s network was spread across various States of India, from where he used to accept bets from punters and sub-agents on cricket matches”, SSP, said, adding that mobile phone seized were having contact numbers and recordings related to bets. Books having records of bets were also seized from the spot.
A case under FIR Number 346/18 under Section 3/4/13 Gambling Act has been registered at Police Station Udhampur and further investigation into the case is going on.
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