Satta racket busted, four arrested

Kanpur:The police raid a place in the Nazirabad area of the city and busted a ‘satta’ racket with the arrest of four persons on Thursday. The police also recovered Rs 15,000 in cash, several mobile phones and ledger registers from the arrested persons.
SP (South) Deepak Bhukar said that the gang members used to bet on IPL matches. He said that the raid was conducted near Ujiyari Devi temple in Nazirabad area. He said, police on the basis of inputs had been keeping an eye on a few people suspected of playing ‘satta’ on IPL matches.
“On Thursday, acting on a tip off that some people had assembled near Ujiyari Devi temple in Nazirabad and were placing bets on IPL matches, police teams surrounded the spot and managed to nab four men placing bets,” he added.
Three cable thieves arrested: Police arrested three members of an inter-state gang of cable thieves and recovered stolen property worth several lakhs.
The alleged offenders, Muzammil and Yusuf of Seelampur Delhi and Anup Gupta of Kanpur Dehat, were arrested near Jageshwar temple tri-section at Ganga Barrage while moving under suspicious circumstances on late Wednesday night. Announcing their arrest at a press conference, SP West Dr Anil Kumar said the three accused along with eight others arrested by Delhi Police were involved in several cases of theft of cable from road sides.
“The thieves used to wear `Namami -Gange’ uniform to avoid police. Besides, they used to pick and transport huge bundles of cables with the help of Hydra Crane and DCM truck,” said SP further and added,”Police have seized a Hydra Crane and DCM truck recovered from them.”