Tamil Nadu: 10 held for gambling, eight bikes seized

Updated: May 1, 2020, 15:58 IST

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COIMBATORE: At least 10 people were arrested in Tirupur for gambling on Wednesday night.
Tirupur north police sub-inspector Rajendraprasath said the arrests were made based on a tip that a group of people were engaged in gambling at Nagamara Thottam near the new bus stand in the city.
The officer said, “We have seized from them eight motorcycles,Rs 56,590 and a bundle of cards. They also violated the prohibitory orders that five or more people should not gather at one place which was brought into contain the spread of Covid-19.”
Police identified the arrested as M Sudalaimuthu, 38, M Rahul, 29, N Karthik, 26, A Durairaj, 42, C Nataraj, 40, P Loganathan, 35, A Abudahir, 38, K Ramesh, 43, K Sathish, 23 and S Vivek, 29, all residents of Tirupur city.
While police registered a case against them under Sections 8 and 9 of the Tamil Nadu Gambling Act, they were let off on conditional bail. Further investigation is on.TNN