With the arrest of four bookies, the Cyberabad police have taken down an online cricket betting operation.
In addition to seizing ₹ 40 lakh from the accused individuals, the police also blocked five bank accounts totaling ₹ 3.57 lakh.
Based on a trustworthy tip, the Miyapur police station’s boundaries and the Madhapur police department’s special operations team (SOT) worked together to apprehend the bookies from an apartment in Mathrusri Nagar.
Aaluru Trinadh, Manam Rajesh, Bolle Swamy, and Marpenna Ganapathi Rao have been named as the arrested individuals. They were involved in online cricket betting on the current Indian Premier League (IPL) matches using the Cricket Live Guru and Lucky Online apps.
The police investigation revealed that a London-based person named Shakamuri Venkateshwar Rao alias Chinnu, a native of Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh, was organising online cricket betting. The four arrested persons, all from Andhra Pradesh, acted as bookies on his behalf.
G. Vineeth, the DCP of Madhapur Zone, has requested citizens to inform the police regarding bookies and punters organising online cricket betting by dialing 100 or through the WhatsApp number 9490617444.
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