Betting racket busted by Devanahalli police, Seven member gang arrested Rs.36,500 mobile phones seized

Dr.Thomas (Special Correspondent)

The Devanahalli police on Monday arrested a gang of seven running cricket betting racket for the India new zealand cricket match from a Dhaba in the outskirt of the city.

The accused Prashanth,Manjunath,Chethan, Jagadish,Vinod M,Vinod Kumar and Charan were caught red handed while they were busy receiving betting amount from punters online .

The police recovered Rs.36,500 from the accused while three of their associates managed to escape during the raid.Efforts are on to track them down,a police officer,said.

The police have seized the mobile phones and analyzing to ascertain their betting network.