Kolkata police has recently arrested 5 persons from different places for allegedly running a cricket betting racket during the ongoing ICC men’s cricket World Cup 2023.
Arrests were made by the Anti-Rowdy Squad of Kolkata Police on the basis of credible source information.
As per the police, the arrested persons identified as Abhisekh Jaiswal, Arun Agarwal, Pradip Barma, Keshab Prasad Mundra, and Kalu Shaw were using various betting apps, to place bets on cricket matches.
Accordingly, cases have been registered under Section 120B/420 of IPC, and the West Bengal Gambling and Prize Competition Act in respective police stations.
Further investigation is underway.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) issued blocking orders against 22 “illegal betting apps and websites”, including Mahadev Book and Reddyannaprestopro.
IT ministry stated that action has been taken following the ED investigation against an illegal betting app syndicate and subsequent raids on Mahadev Book in Chhattisgarh which revealed the app’s unlawful operations.
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