4 held at posh residential society in Pimpri-Chinchwad for betting in IPL match

Acting on a tip-off, a Crime Branch team raided an apartment in the plush Lodha Belmondo residential society, located opposite the MCA Cricket Stadium on the Pune-Mumbai expressway Friday night.

The team arrested the four men on the spot for allegedly betting on the IPL 2023 cricket match through a website.

The police also found that the accused had procured a SIM card by allegedly submitting forged documents, and used it for illegal cricket betting.

Havaldar Nitin Lokhande lodged the First Information Report (FIR) in connection with this case at the Shirgaon police station.

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The four have been booked under sections 420, 465, 468, 471, and 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), sections of the Prevention of Gambling Act, and the Indian Telegraph Act. They have also seized cell phones and other items from the accused and further investigation is on.