Hyderabad police busts international cricket betting racket

Vikas Jain (41) along with his associates was facilitating online cricket betting.

Hyderabad: The Commissioner’s Task Force (central) team along with Sultan Bazaar police busted an international cricket betting racket and caught one person on Monday. The police seized eight lakh in cash, a mobile phone, a bike and a currency counting machine from him.

The man Vikas Jain (41) a resident of M J Market along with his associates was facilitating online cricket betting.

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“Jain worked as a collection agent for the gang based in Goa. He collected the money from punters and transferred it to the main organizers in Goa,” said DCP Task Force, Y V S Sudheendra.