IPL BETTING RACKET: 10 ARRESTED FROM TWO DIFFERENT PLACES

VARANASI: Ten persons were arrested from two different places of the city for betting in IPL cricket matches, police said.

Six persons on Wednesday were arrested from Teliyana area of Lohta while four others were arrested from Lanka area, police said.

Seven mobile phones, an ATM card, a purse and Rs 27,910 in cash were recovered from the possession of accused picked up from Teliyana while Rs 1.90 lakh was found with those arrested from Lanka area, police said.

Lohta police station officer Vishwanath Pratap Singh said police raided the house of one Brijesh Kumar Gupta where Jai Prakash Patel, Santosh Kumar Maurya, Vikas Singh, Chunnu Kanaujia, Vikki Prajapati were caught placing bets on IPL match featuring Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Capitals.

He claimed Gupta was running the betting racket. A case has been registered against all six persons who have been sent to jail, he said.

Four persons were arrested from Lanka area of the city on Tuesday night. They were identified as Ankit Singh, Sanjay Tiwari, Adarsh Kumar Singh, and Anil Patel, police inspector Lanka police station, Mahesh Pandey said. He said that the accused were produced in the court from where they were sent to the jail.

SIX PERSONS ON WEDNESDAY WERE ARRESTED FROM TELIYANA AREA OF LOHTA WHILE FOUR OTHERS WERE ARRESTED FROM LANKA AREA