An IPL betting racket was busted whith the Crime Branch of Delhi police arresting one accused. One TV, one laptop, 44 chargers, 60 mobile phones, two remotes, 51 mobile phone mikes, two internet USB data cards and other writing material have been recovered.
'Crime Branch officials received a tip off that Pawan Arora is organising a cricket betting in his rented house at Rani Bagh, Delhi and he will be holding ‘Satta’ during the match between Kolkata Night Riders and Pune Warriors and that if a raid is conducted, the criminal can be nabbed red handed,' said a police official.
After receiving the tip-off, a decoy customer was sent who offered a deal to the accused person. A raid was conducted at the given address. According to the officials, inside the room, the cricket match between Kolkata Night Riders and Pune Warriors, which was being telecasted live on Sony TV, was being viewed.
The accused was using one mobile phone line to receive the betting rates from the bookies. He was also forwarding the ‘satta’ rates to his bookies by using 68 parallel mobile phone lines and recording the conversation on other mobile phones.
'Accused Pawan Arora has revealed that he has been running this racket with the help of his associates, from his rented house, for the past two years,' said a police official. 'He further disclosed that the other bookies to whom he was providing information paid him Rs 3,000 per month, whereas he paid Rs 5,000 per month to the main bookie and hence earned Rs 2 lakh, as he had 68 lines for forwarding the rates,' said a police official.
'We are probing into the matter, and further investigating the case,' said a police official.
'Crime Branch officials received a tip off that Pawan Arora is organising a cricket betting in his rented house at Rani Bagh, Delhi and he will be holding ‘Satta’ during the match between Kolkata Night Riders and Pune Warriors and that if a raid is conducted, the criminal can be nabbed red handed,' said a police official.
After receiving the tip-off, a decoy customer was sent who offered a deal to the accused person. A raid was conducted at the given address. According to the officials, inside the room, the cricket match between Kolkata Night Riders and Pune Warriors, which was being telecasted live on Sony TV, was being viewed.
The accused was using one mobile phone line to receive the betting rates from the bookies. He was also forwarding the ‘satta’ rates to his bookies by using 68 parallel mobile phone lines and recording the conversation on other mobile phones.
'Accused Pawan Arora has revealed that he has been running this racket with the help of his associates, from his rented house, for the past two years,' said a police official. 'He further disclosed that the other bookies to whom he was providing information paid him Rs 3,000 per month, whereas he paid Rs 5,000 per month to the main bookie and hence earned Rs 2 lakh, as he had 68 lines for forwarding the rates,' said a police official.
'We are probing into the matter, and further investigating the case,' said a police official.