DINDIGUL
Ten persons were arrested on a charge of selling lottery tickets of other States in Batlagundu near here on Wednesday.
The arrested were Kumaresan, Rajagopal, Sekar, Sadaiyandi, Jeyaraman, Murugesan, Nagaraj, Thavam, Muthupandi and Rajagopal, all from Batlagundu. However, Saravanan, their accomplice, managed to escape.
A special team of police seized lottery tickets worth ₹13,000, ₹2 lakh, two two-wheelers used for distributing lottery tickets and a computer from them during a surprise raid.
The arrested persons were selling lottery tickets of Assam, Sikkim and Kerala in Batlagundu. A case has been registered in this connection.