Six arrested for gambling; Rs 22K cash recovered

Chhola Mandir police arrested six persons on the charge of gambling and recovered Rs  22000 cash, playing cards and six mobile phones from their possession in Shiv Nagar on Sunday.

Acting on a tip off, around half a dozen gamblers were caught gambling by Chhola Mandir police late in the night on Sunday from a house in Shiv Nagar. Police received information that gamblers with big bets are gambling and the gambling is facilitated by Naval Singh who has been involved in gambling and betting I the past in the area and nearby areas. The main accused who used to operate gambling tried to escape but was chased and nabbed by the police taking swift action in the night.  Police said that the in the raid the gamblers were found gambling in a room and in the raid around Rs  22,000 cash was recovered from their possession. During the raid police recovered seven mobile phones which were used by the gamblers and police suspect that the mobile phones were also used to place bet at the spot and which would be investigated.

Police said that the call record details of the mobile phones would be investigated. The details of the six gamblers nabbed would be investigated in the further investigation.

After the preliminary investigation police have registered a case under section 4 of the Gambling Act and started further investigation. The nabbed accused persons were identified as Naval Singh, Piyush Verma, Keshav Pawar, Mohar Singh, Kripal Kushwaha and Sanjay Tomar.