Dozen bookies arrested

Six bookies were arrested in Goa on Monday following information provided by Delhi Police looking for ‘fixers’ alleged to be conduits of three more cricketers while six others apprehended on the charge of betting in Chennai, Mumbai and Chennai during IPL matches. Two bookies held in Mumbai were allegedly in telephonic contact with their counterparts in Pakistan for accepting bets.

The special cell of Delhi Police, on the look out for some bookies after registering a case, had tipped off the Goa Police about the presence a few people in its area, police said.

After monitoring a casino where the bets for IPL matches were being put, the police teams drew a blank till Goa Police apprehended six bookies from a rented accommodation at Candolim, about nine kilometres away from Panaji. Over two dozen mobile phones, laptops, iPads and cash was recovered from them. Initial information was the arrested people were from Mumbai.

Efforts are on to nab three people who allegedly used to ‘fix’ deals on behalf of the three cricketers other than those arrested by Delhi Police. The three people, who are being referred as ‘fixers’ by the Delhi Police, are from Nagpur and Jaipur.