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The Indore police claimed to have busted a racket involving betting of millions of rupees on the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket matches and arrested eight persons in this connection, an official said on Thursday. Acting on a tip-off, the eight persons were apprehended from a flat in a multi-storey building in Lasudia area here in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday evening when they were making people place online bets on the IPL matches through a website. of police, crime branch, said Rajesh Dandotia.
The suspect had obtained mobile phone SIM cards under fake names and used people’s bets through QR codes, the official said.
“During interrogation of the suspects, it was discovered that their online gambling network was spread across Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra,” he said.
Police have seized 22 mobile phones, 17 chequebooks, five laptops, 21 passbooks and 31 ATMs, along with registers containing millions of rupees of online betting accounts from their possession, he said.
A detailed investigation is underway into the matter.
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