Hyderabad city police on Tuesday busted an organised cricket betting racket and arrested five persons. The officials sezied ₹15.65 lakh in cash, apart from 23 mobile phones, a voice recorder, a line connector instrument box and other incriminating material.
Acting on a tip-off, the Task Force team of the central zone along with Ramgopalpet police conducted a midnight raid and apprehended the gang members near Wesley PG College, Sindhi Colony.
The accused have been identified as 43-year-old resident of Nallagutta Bojja Bhupal Yadav alias Bhupal, 36-year-old native of Hisar, Haryana, Nikhil Gupta, 45-year-old resident of Shriganga Nagar in Rajasthan Praveen Sarna alias Bunty, 20-year-old resident of Pili Banga, Rajasthan, Yash Kumar Arora alias Sam and 48-year-old operator of a casino at Panjim in Goa and resident of Bapu Bagh Colony, Sindhi Colony, Amit Niranjan Doshi.
