Youth arrested for taking bets on IPL
    Date :02-Oct-2020

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Staff Reporter :
 
RAIPUR,
 
Pandari Police arrested a youth for accepting bets on Indian Premier League (IPL) match played out between Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders on Wednesday evening. Police also seized Rs 20,000 in cash, one laptop, mobile phone, a television set, set top box and betting slips worth several lakhs from him. Pandri Police informed the accused has been identified as Nitin Sharma, a resident of Lodhipara Pandri Raipur.
 
He was booked under Section 4 of the Gambling Act and Section 151 of IPC. Raipur Police has been alerted with the start of IPL as the reports of betting are coming from different areas. On receiving an Intel report, a joint team of Cyber Crime Cell and Pandri Police mounted search on a home at Pandri. The team caught accused Nitin Sharma, red-handed, taking bets on the IPL Match.