Three held for betting on IPL cricket matches in Hyderabad

The police seized Rs. 40,000 cash and four mobile phones used for organizing the betting from them

Hyderabad: Three persons who were allegedly organizing cricket betting were caught by the Hyderabad Commissioner’s Task Force (North) on Thursday following a raid at a star hotel near Raj Bhavan. The police seized Rs. 40,000 cash and four mobile phones used for organizing the betting from them.

Acting on a tip off, the Task Force team raided a room on the seventh floor of the hotel in Somajiguda and caught Sharath Agarwal (29), Shah Ankith (28) and Rohit Agarwal (33), all residents of Sultan Bazaar in the city.

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Sharath Agarwal and Shah Ankith are organizers of the racket while Rohit Agarwal is a punter.

“The gang was organizing online cricket betting on the ongoing IPL matches and collecting money from participants through online and offline mode,” said P Radha Kishan Rao, DCP (Task Force).

The three persons along with the property were handed over to the Punjagutta police for further action.

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