Cricket betting racket busted, Rs.1 lakh seized

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Sun, Oct 08, 2017, 05:48 PM

Cricket betting racket busted, Rs.1 lakh seized

Guntur, Oct 8: The Guntur Urban Police have busted a cricket betting racket in the town and arrested seven persons and also seized Rs.1.08 lakhs here on Saturday.

Superintendent of Police, Guntur Urban, Ch. Vijaya Rao said that the main accused, Bandaru Venkata Durga Anjaneya Prasad, 38, suffered losses in the finance business.

Recently, he along with his friends Ch. Prasad, R. Srinivasa Rao and Sadu Srinivasa Rao took a house on rent, set up communication equipment, including communicator boxes, smartphones, and screens, and began organizing betting on cricket matches.

Based on the information, the Arundelpet police and QRT teams raided the house, arrested the accused and recovered Rs. 1.08 lakh from them.

"Betting has emerged as the most dangerous pursuit which has been destroying individuals and families. We urge people in the town to pass on information about betting to police," said Mr. Vijaya Rao.

The SP complimented DSP West KGV Saritha, Arundelpet SHO Y. Srinivasa Rao and inspectors of the QRT team on the breakthrough.