New Delhi: Even as this year's edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) heads to its finale, the betting racket operating in the city shows no signs of stopping, as Delhi Police on Saturday busted another betting den from a house in north east Delhi on Saturday.
A team from Gokulpuri police station were tipped off about the racket, operating from a house in Chand Bagh area of Gokulpuri.
On Saturday, the team raided the place and nabbed the accused Rajesh Sharma (48), Azad (39), Arif (24) and Mohammad Salman (28).
Cops said the accused were keeping track of the bets using mobile phones and a laptop, and noting each bet down on Saturday's IPL match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals.
The accused were watching the said match live on large LCD screen TV in the house.
Cops said several mobile phones, a laptop, slips used for betting and cash worth Rs 30,000 were recovered from the possession of the accused.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (North East) Atul Kumar Thakur on Sunday said that the accused disclosed that they started betting on the IPL matches to earn easy money.
They would watch live IPL matches and note down bets from a gambler by using mobile phones. The cash was collected in advance from the gambler, as token money.
Since the beginning of the eleventh edition of IPL, Delhi Police has been on its toes and busted over five betting rackets,with many gangs using technology to dodge cops.
In one such case, cops unveiled a modus operandi wherein the accused were using a betting software and other gaming websites.
Once the accused got hint of the cops arriving to nab them, the accused would delete the application to get rid of any trace of betting.
In these betting softwares, the rates on various bets would change along with the developments in the match.
In another case, personnel from Vivek Vihar police station busted an online racket operating from a hotel in Vivek Vihar.
During investigation, cops found that the accused had obtained the user ID and password of a gaming site from their associates, using which they would place bets.
The racket, which was busted in Shahdara district, was revealed to have its network spread across India's borders.
"An account is created by a person outside India in a country where betting is legal. The account requires personal details and once it is created, these account details are then shared to a contact in India," a senior policeman had revealed.
In the last three years, Delhi Police have registered more than 2,500 cases under the Gambling Act and arrested over 9,000 people involved in the crime.