Thane, The police in Maharashtra's Thane district have busted an IPL betting racket by conducting a raid at a lodge in Bhiwandi, and arrested three individuals hailing from Chhattisgarh on this connection, an official mentioned. The operation was performed collectively by the officers of the Particular Activity Pressure and the Anti-Extortion Cell of the Thane police's crime department on April 25, Deputy Commissioner of Police Shivraj Patil mentioned in a press convention on Friday night. Efforts are on to hint another accused, who partnered with the arrested trio and operated the racket from Chhattisgarh, he mentioned. “The police had obtained a tip-off that some individuals have been inviting individuals to position their bets on the continued IPL cricket matches. Accordingly, a raid was performed at a lodge in Kongaon village in Bhiwandi between 7.30 pm and 11 pm on Thursday,” he mentioned. The accused trio was caught taking bets on the match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Sunrisers Hyderabad. They have been making use of the cell purposes and picked up a complete of 11,86,811 from individuals, the official mentioned. The fourth accused, who operated from Chhattisgarh, collected 7,03,000 from individuals on the bets, he mentioned. “The trio had obtained SIM playing cards by forging paperwork. In the course of the raids, the police seized 12 mobiles, one pill and laptop computer every collectively valued at 1.97 lakh from them,” Patil mentioned. Assistant Commissioner of Police Shekar Bagde mentioned the police have launched an operation to nab the fourth who operated from Korba in Chhattisgarh. The arrested accused have been recognized as Shannu Lalit Berival, Rajat Babula Sharma and Vijay Sitaram Devgan. A primary info report was registered below Indian Penal Code sections 420, 465, 467, 468, 471 and 34 on the Kongaon police station, the official mentioned.
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