3 Arrested For Betting On TNPL Matches

Delhi Police, on Friday (August 11), arrested three people for allegedly placing bets on matches of ongoing Tamil Nadu Premier League. Out of the three accused, one is the brother of a man who was held for betting on IPL matches by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in 2015.

DCP (Crime) Madhur Verma said that the accused have been identified as Vinod Sharma, Vikas Choudhary and Mukesh Agrawal were arrested from Anand Vihar. The police officials also revealed that the betting amount had reached close to Rs 4 crore.

“On the basis of a tip-off, a raid was conducted by a team lead by Inspector Ritesh Sharma at a residential property and the three men were found to be betting on matches,” a police officer said.

“Thirteen cell phones, two laptops, three LCDs and TV sets have been seized. The betting was happening on a match involving Karaikudi vs Ruby of Tamil Nadu Premier League,” he added.

Another senior officer said that all voice calls of customers were recorded automatically on cell phones and laptops through a recording software.

“They also used to maintain their customer details in the software. They used betting apps and surfed on websites like http://www.bet365.com, http://www.betfair.com among others for checking the rates of matches and the chances of a team’s win,” the officer said.