Cricket betting racket busted, one held in Chandigarh
March 7th, 2011 - 1:46 pm ICT by IANSChandigarh, March 7 (IANS) Police Monday claimed to have busted a cricket betting racket and arrested a man here while he was accepting bets for the India-Ireland World Cup match.
Pawan Kumar, the gang’s kingpin, was arrested Sunday from his house in Ram Darbar, a suburb on the outskirts of Chandigarh, police said, adding they were raiding various places to nab his accomplices.
“Following secret information, we sent a decoy client to Pawan yesterday (Sunday) evening to place a bet on the India-Ireland match. He put his bet on India and gave the accused Rs.10,000. Pawan promised to give him Rs.50,000 if India won,” a police officer said here.
“We then conducted a raid and recovered marked notes from the Pawan’s possession. We have also recovered three mobile phones. He has links in various parts of Punjab and Haryana and soon we would make more arrests,” he added.
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