Cricket Betting Racket Busted In City, Two Held

Hyderabad, June 22 (Maxim News): On a tip-off, sleuths of Commissioner’s Task Force, North Zone, busted a cricket betting racket by raiding Flat no. 301, IIII floor, Duo Drops Apartment, Narayanaguda, and apprehended one Manoj Kumar (Cricket betting bookie) and Thakur Yogesh Singh (Cricket betting agent).

Police said the cricket betting bookie was organizing the racket through Thakur Yogesh Singh and was accepting betting amounts from the punters directly and indirectly, over cell phones for ongoing ICC World Cup 2019 Cricket matches. The police seized cash of Rs 1,73,000, one TV, Set top Box ( Hathway), remote and four cell phones.

The accused along with seized property were handed over to SHO of Narayanaguda Police Station vide Cr.No.166/2019, U/Sec. 3 & 4 of TS Gaming Act (Cricket betting) of Narayanaguda PS. (Maxim News)

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