The Delhi Police’s Crime Branch said on Sunday that it caught 10 people red-handed while placing illegal bets on the Big Bash League (BBL) match between Hobart Hurricanes and Perth Scorchers.
Sanjay Kumar Sain, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime Branch), said, “Acting on a tip-off regarding the illegal syndicate in the area of Joshi Road in Karol Bagh, Inspector Satendra Mohan under the supervision of Ramesh Chander Lamba conducted a raid in a three-bedroom flat and arrested the 10 individuals, including the main accused, Raju Vaishnav.”
The other arrested accused are Ajay Kumar, Yogesh Taneja, Tarun Khanna, Manish Jain, Kushal, Parves Kumar, Harvinder Deol, Gautam Das and Jagrat Saihni.
The police officer said that during the raid on Saturday, the accused were found “betting on their laptops and mobile phones in the 7th T-20 live cricket match of BBL that was being played 10.30 am onwards”.
The police seized five laptops, 14 mobile phones and a television used in the betting, apart from 10 personal smartphones and other belongings, from the racket, the DCP said, adding that a case has been registered under relevant sections of the law.
The police said the racket operated both online and offline.
“One of the accused, Jagrit aka Sunny, possessed a master ID for a betting website (JMD Sports.com). He used this ID to create sub-IDs and sell them to punters for placing bets on live matches. The profits and losses were shared between the master ID holder and the racket (5 per cent and 95 per cent respectively),” said DCP Sain.
“Punters would call in and place bets on live matches based on the offered odds. These bets were recorded manually in notebooks,” he added.
The officer said the arrested group had been running the racket for about a year. “The daily transaction amount was estimated to be around Rs 1.5 lakh, with a profit/loss margin of Rs 30,000 to Rs 40,000.”
The police said Raju Vaishnav, a goldsmith, was the mastermind behind the racket, adding that its members hailed from various states, including Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.
Investigations are ongoing to determine the extent of the racket’s operations and identify any potential accomplices, according to the police.
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