Panchkula Police bust gang betting on WPL matches, arrest 7
Rs 7 lakh in cash, 4 laptops, 46 mobile phones, 2 computer monitors, 3 tabs recovered
Police busted a high-tech gang involved in online betting on Women's Premier League (WPL) matches from a house in Sector 21 Panchkula and arrested seven suspects operating a large-scale betting operation on January 12.
Cops received a tip-off that bets were being placed on the outcome of a cricket match between Uttar Pradesh and Bangalore in a rented house in Sector 21. The police team raided the place and caught Chandigarh residents Pawan Mahajan, Sameer Wadhwa, Anil Kumar, Panchkula resident Amit Bhatia, Ankit Agarwal, Nipun Arora and Anshu Sharma of Jammu.
ACP Crime Arvind Kamboj said police seized Rs 7 lakh in cash, 4 laptops, 46 mobile phones, 2 computer monitors, 3 tabs and a large quantity of electronic equipment, including an audio recorder.
The accused were taken on one-day police remand on January 13 and have been remanded to judicial custody today.
Police have registered a case against the accused under Section 4(1) of the Gambling Act. Investigations have revealed that the accused were using the rented house solely to operate a betting network.
