New Delhi: Delhi Police investigation into a betting racket, which was busted in Shahdara district, has revealed that the criminal network has spread its tentacles well outside India.
On April 14, personnel from Shahdara police station arrested three persons and recovered a laptop with a betting assistant software, 11 mobile phones and an LED TV from the location where the ran the betting racket.
Police said that the software had information of ongoing bets, adding that the accused told them during interrogation that there used an international betting website, which contains rates for every IPL match of the day.
"An account is created by a person living outside India or in a country where betting is legal, and the website asks personal details. Once the account is created, the account details are then shared to a contact in India," said a senior police officer.
He added that local associates of the overseas-based person then check the rates on the website and those details are fed into the betting assistant software.
As the IPL (Indian Premier League) match progresses, the rates on various bets also change.
"The final rate is determined at the end of the match and, based on the final rate, the settlement amount is determined for each individual," said the police officer.
The arrests were made by a team led by Assistant Commissioner of Police (Shahdara) Bharat Reddy.
In another case, personnel from Vivek Vihar police station on April 30 busted an online cricket satta, set on another IPL game, in a hotel situated in Vivek Vihar.
The arrested accused were identified as Nitin Singhal (32), Raj Jain (27) and Naushad Khan (26).
During the investigation, the accused revealed that they had obtained a user ID and password of a gaming site, from one Mukesh Rohini and Arun Gupta, which they used to place bets on that website.
"Various kinds of rates are displayed in the form of Back and Lay. After betting on these Back and Lay, one earns or loses points. These points are multiplied by Rs 120 and the product was the total profit or loss," said the police officer.
If the product is positive then there is a gain and if the product is negative then there is a loss.
"With the help of Arun Gupta, Mukesh Rohini and other associates, the accused used to manipulate winning points with the help of a software, so that winning amount of their clients can be minimised and their losses are maximised," said Deputy Commissioner of Police (Shahdara) Nupur Prasad.
Police said that when the raid was conducted in Vivek Vihar, the accused had bet Rs 60 lakh on behalf of 10 persons.