The Chittoor urban police on Monday morning raided an isolated spot on the outskirts of the city near the Tirupati-Bengaluru bypass road and arrested nine youth involved in IPL cricket betting, and seized ₹12.2 lakh from them, while thirteen others fled the scene.
Addressing a press conference here on Monday, Deputy SP (Law and Order) N. Sudhakar Reddy produced the accused, seized cash and mobiles.
The official said that acting on reliable information that the IPL cricket betting was being organised at an isolated location close to the civil supplies warehouse at Obanapalle, a raid party rushed to the spot and arrested nine youth, and seized the cash.