IPL BETTING TIP-OFF
Times News Network
Ludhiana: A rumpus started at LIG flats, Dugri, on Sunday night when a police team reached there to conduct a raid on a tip-off about betting on a cricket match between Mumbai Indians and Kings XI Punjab in the ongoing Indian Premier League.
According to the police, the accused called their accomplices, attacked the cops, and confined and thrashed the in charge of Basant Park police post, ASI Ranjit Singh. Following this, the Dugri police reached there and rescued him.
Dugri SHO inspector Surinder Chopra said the Sadar police had got the tip-off about betting in a Dugri flat. A team led by ASI Ranjit Singh raided the place, while Dugri police were preparing to go there. The main accused, Sumit, along with his accomplices — Himanshu, Jassi, Arjun and Ramu — was accepting bets at his house when the police arrived there. Sumit’s family obstructed the cops and also took away the laptops and mobiles of the accused that were being used for betting.
“The accused then called their 25 accomplices, some of whom were identified as Tiger, Sonu, Gulati and Manpreet. They attacked the police team and created a ruckus. Sumit, his father Narinder Singh, sister Gurcharan Kaur, mother Renu and some neighbours confined the ASI in their house. They also thrashed the ASI. Soon, the Dugri police reached there and rescued him. The police have arrested Sumit, Himanshu and Jassi,” said the inspector.
Sumit was already facing cases of illegal lottery and gambling and he had started accepting bets from his house recently. The police were trying to identify the other accused, who would be arrested soon, he added.
Meanwhile, in a video, the family of Sumit is seen thrashing ASI Ranjit Singh. Sumit’s sister is also seen beating the cop with her slipper. In the video, the family is alleging that the ASI is drunk and attacked them. Sumit’s father Narinder alleged that the cops thrashed him.
Asserting that the ASI was not drunk, the SHO said, “In the video it can be seen that the accused are thrashing him, but he is not even hitting them back. The ASI kept calm till the force reached there.”
The police have registered a case against 13 identified and 25 unidentified accused under sections 307 (attempt to murder), 353 (assault or criminal force to deter a public servant from discharge of his duty), 186 (obstructing a public servant in discharge of public functions), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 506 (criminal intimidation), 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence) of the IPC.