Three arrested in on-line cricket betting

Hyderabad police have busted an organised cricket betting racket, arresting three people concerned in unlawful on-line betting throughout the ongoing Indian premier League (IPL) 2025 season.

The Commissioner’s Process Power, South-East Zone, together with the Narayanguda Police, carried out the operation, seizing ₹1.32 lakh in money and three cell phones from the accused.

The arrested people have been recognized as 41-year-old Guruvinder Singh Saluja, often known as Gourav, who acted as the primary bookie; Sardar Jasvinder Singh, often known as Jessy or Likki, who operated as a sub-bookie, and 28-year-old Koppula Karthik, a punter within the betting racket.

Investigations revealed that the accused have been working a web based betting community utilizing person IDs obtained from two most important bookies, Vikas, often known as Vicky, from Nanded in Maharashtra, and Mukesh from Kachiguda, Hyderabad. The accused have been facilitating cricket betting by a web site distributing login credentials to punters in alternate for a fee.

The racket was being run in violation of playing legal guidelines, with the accused luring punters by providing entry to the web betting platform the place bets have been positioned on IPL matches.