The Uttar Prdaesh police have detained 12 bookies from a flat in SBI Enclave in Lucknow. The ones detained were connected to Dubai and their business was run via Telegram app. The officials stated that the arrest was made on Sunday.
The group was operating over betting games based on IPL matches. The cops have recovered 45 mobile phones, 5 laptops and several other items. In addition to this amount of 10 lakh rupees have been found in half a dozen bank accounts of the accused that jhas been frozen by the police.
Informing that the betting game was operating by Dubai.
DCP South, Tej Swaroop Singh, reported receiving information about online betting on IPL matches occurring in a flat within an apartment complex known as SBI Enclave in the Sushant Golf City area.
Upon receiving this information, a police team conducted a raid and apprehended 12 individuals from the location. The police seized 45 mobile phones, five laptops, two tablets, six cheque books, two passbooks, 14 Aadhar cards, two PAN cards, 21 debit cards, and one credit card from the scene.
The DCP mentioned that the arrested individuals, aged between 19 to 29 years, identified themselves as Rohan Gop, Ashish Kumar Singh, Shubham Kumar, Jackie Kumar, Vijay Vawri, Prabhat Kumar, Rahul Rai, Bittu Kumar Shah, Rahul Kumar, Deepak Sharma, Eklavya Kumar Nishad, and Vijay Kumar.
Additionally, the DCP announced a reward of Rs 25,000 for the police team that apprehends the bookies.
ADCP South Shashank Singh revealed that the apprehended fraudsters were operating an online betting business. They contacted clients through the Telegram app and sent QR codes for transactions. Clients transferred money to the fraudsters via these QR codes, which the bookies then invested in IPL matches.
Investors received online points for their investments, which they could convert into cash at any time. Investigations uncovered that the bookies’ network extended to Bengaluru, Chandigarh, and Kolkata.
So far, investigations have revealed fraudulent transactions totaling Rs 10 lakh across various bank accounts belonging to the accused. The ADCP noted that all these accounts are currently frozen.
Furthermore, the ADCP mentioned that 25 complaints have been lodged against the accused on the NCRB portal as part of the ongoing investigation.
