Major drive launched against gambling

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, May 23

The special cell of the Ludhiana police is set to take on gamblers and for the purpose, a special campaign has been initiated by the cell.

The reason for starting the campaign is the rise of gambling activity during the lockdown period.

Beant Juneja, in charge of the Special Cell, said on the directions of the Commissioner of Police, Ludhiana, a major drive had been initiated against illegal gambling and under the supervision of ADCP Rupinder Kaur Sran, the city police have come down heavily on gamblers and have busted rackets in a week.

Four nabbed during raid at city hotel

The Police Division 3 conducted a raid at City Home hotel near Sangla Wala Shivala and busted a gambling racket on Saturday night. Four persons arrested from the spot were identified as Jagdish Singh of Khud Mohalla, Rakesh Kumar of Kidwai Nagar, Ashu Kaneja of Kirpal Nagar and Sunil of Ikbalganj. The raid was conducted by SHO Madhu Bala.

“During the lockdown, gambling has increased a lot in city and we have initiated a special campaign against such activities. In a week, four cases of gambling have been registered. In some cases, gamblers were caught gambling in a park and in an open area during lockdown. They were not even following the Covid norms,” Juneja said.

In the first case, two accused were held from the Tibba area red-handed while gambling and Rs 10,700 was recovered. In two other cases, two accused each were caught and Rs 1,790 and Rs 13,960, respectively, were recovered. In the fourth incident, two accused were nabbed along with Rs 4,420.

ADCP Rupinder Sean said such illegal activities would not be allowed and strict action would be taken.

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