One arrested in Cricket Betting case, Rs.1 lakh seized

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Tue, Jan 09, 2018, 07:10 PM

One arrested in Cricket Betting case, Rs.1 lakh seized

Hyderabad, Jan 09: The city police on Tuesday busted a Cricket betting by arresting a person.Police also seized net cash of Rs 1.06 lakh, three cell phones from his possession.

On credible information, South Zone Task Force team arrested B Mohan Rathi (53) of Chappal Bazaar at Chaderghat when he was organizing a Cricket betting on mobile phones, police said.

The accused was organizing cricket betting for the past six months. He was accepting betting amount for all cricket matches. He is getting match updates and betting ratios (rates) through mobile phones by contacting one bookie by name Bunty (40) of Akola, Maharastra.

In turn, he informs the same to the punters through his mobile phones. After completion of the match, he collects the betting amount from the punters and collection amount was being paid to the bookie.

Earlier, he was also arrested by Kachiguda Police for the same offence.The accused along with seized property was handed over to Chaderghat Police Station for taking further action, police added.