12 arrested for gambling near Ludhiana's Gill Chowk

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, April 23

The Police Division No. 6 conducted surprise raids at two places near Gill Chowk and arrested 12 persons on the charge of gambling.

In the first case, investigation officer ASI Major Singh said a tip-off was received about some unknown persons gambling in a park. Accordingly, a police party conducted a raid and nabbed the suspects red-handed.

Those arrested have been identified as Shamsher Singh of Basant Nagar, Matta of Kartar Singh, Ram Bahadur of Partap Chowk, Dharampal of Bhagwan Nagar, Dhyan Parkash of Prabhat Nagar, Bhagwan of Partap Chowk and Harish Chandar of Dashmesh Nagar, the ASI added.

The police also recovered Rs2,400 cash from the spot, the ASI said. A case under Section 188, IPC, (Gambling Act), and under Section 51B (Disaster Management Act) was registered against suspects, the ASI said.

The suspects were also not following the Covid norms as none of them was wearing face mask or maintaining social distancing, the ASI added.

In the second case, the police Division No. 6 arrested five persons on the chare of gambling. Those arrested have been identified as Bhullar of Pipal Chowk, Karan Singh of Prabhat Nagar, Ganesh of Muradpura, Vinay of Dashmesh Nagar and Shiv Kumar of Partap Chowk. Investigation officer ASI Davinder Singh said during routine patrolling to check the violation of the night curfew, five suspects were found gambling near Gill Chowk. Before they could flee, the police party nabbed them and recovered 12,000 cash from the spot, the ASI added. Most suspects had no past criminal record, the ASI said.

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