Cricket betting racket busted, two held in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: The Rachakonda Special Operations Team along with the Pahadishareef police busted a cricket betting racket organized during the T20 Asia Cup match played between Sri Lanka and Pakistan and arrested two persons on Sunday night. Officials seized Rs.3.5 lakh, a bike and 3 mobile phones, altogether worth Rs.4.5 lakh. The arrested persons were C […]

Hyderabad: The Rachakonda Special Operations Team along with the Pahadishareef police busted a cricket betting racket organized during the T20 Asia Cup match played between Sri Lanka and Pakistan and arrested two persons on Sunday night. Officials seized Rs.3.5 lakh, a bike and 3 mobile phones, altogether worth Rs.4.5 lakh.

The arrested persons were C Mahesh, cricket sub-bookie from Shadnagar and M Pandu, a punter from Pahadishareef. The main bookie, Ravi Chand from Gujarat, is absconding.

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According to the police, the bookies informed punters about online betting and shared details on WhatsApp. The transactions were done through e-wallets only, with the bookie providing the username and password to the punters.

Based on a tip-off, the two were arrested.