Cops bust satta racket, 4 held
18 April 2013 2:47 AM GMT
A satta racket was busted while betting on IPL cricket match in the capital.
Delhi police arrested, R Tulsidhar, 52, Sunil Bhatti, 31 years, Arvind Katyal, 38 years Harjeet Singh, 39, , from central district, busted a satta racket while taking bets on IPL match between Delhi Daredevils and Royal Challengers Banglore on 16 April.
'Rs 2,80,490 in cash, 18 mobile phones, one laptop, one LCD and one writing pad and other articles have been recovered from their possession which were being used in commission of the crime,' said a police official.
According to the police, a secret information was received at AATS/Central that a large scale betting on IPL match between Delhi Daredevils and Royal Challengers Banglore is going on at Swisston Hotel in Nabi Karim.
The police team was deputed to raid the premises. Accordingly, The team apprehended four accused and seized various articles. On sustained interrogation, R Tulsidhar disclosed that he had used two mobile phones to keep themselves updated about the prevailing rates on various parameters of the match. According to him, the betting amount varied depending on the positions of the teams in the match. He was taking bets with help of his three associates. He started the satta racket from the beginning of this month. Further, he also disclosed that entire operation is done through mobile phones as chances of getting trapped by police is minimal more so in a secluded place such as this hotel.
'They also disclosed that whenever they had apprehension that the customer offering bet might win the bet, they used to transfer the same to other bookie and used to charge three per cent commission from other bookie in lieu of the referral. In addition, they used to charge two per cent from the customer who engages in betting,' said a police official.
Delhi police arrested, R Tulsidhar, 52, Sunil Bhatti, 31 years, Arvind Katyal, 38 years Harjeet Singh, 39, , from central district, busted a satta racket while taking bets on IPL match between Delhi Daredevils and Royal Challengers Banglore on 16 April.
'Rs 2,80,490 in cash, 18 mobile phones, one laptop, one LCD and one writing pad and other articles have been recovered from their possession which were being used in commission of the crime,' said a police official.
According to the police, a secret information was received at AATS/Central that a large scale betting on IPL match between Delhi Daredevils and Royal Challengers Banglore is going on at Swisston Hotel in Nabi Karim.
The police team was deputed to raid the premises. Accordingly, The team apprehended four accused and seized various articles. On sustained interrogation, R Tulsidhar disclosed that he had used two mobile phones to keep themselves updated about the prevailing rates on various parameters of the match. According to him, the betting amount varied depending on the positions of the teams in the match. He was taking bets with help of his three associates. He started the satta racket from the beginning of this month. Further, he also disclosed that entire operation is done through mobile phones as chances of getting trapped by police is minimal more so in a secluded place such as this hotel.
'They also disclosed that whenever they had apprehension that the customer offering bet might win the bet, they used to transfer the same to other bookie and used to charge three per cent commission from other bookie in lieu of the referral. In addition, they used to charge two per cent from the customer who engages in betting,' said a police official.
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