nThe Delhi Police has nabbed 11 members of a cricket betting gang while they were taking and placing bets during One Day International (ODI) match between India and Australia held in Bengaluru. Police said that they all were arrested from a house in Delhi's Karkardooma area on Sunday.
The accused have been identified as — Amit Arora (48), Anuj Arora (44), Ritesh Bansal (37), Ansul Bansal (27), Naveen Kumar (32), Rohit Sharma (34), Ritesh Aggarwal (38), Rohit Rastogi (34), Aman Gupta (22), Ankush Bansal (38) and Anurag Aggarwal (35). Police said that the gang disclosed that bets worth more than Rs five crores had already been placed with them.
According to Dr AK Single, the Additional Commissioner of Police, Crime Branch, police had received inputs that a betting racket is being operated in Delhi and will be active during the ODI match between India and Australia to be played on Sunday.
"Acting on the inputs, police team apprehended 11 persons during a raid at a house in Ashoka Niketan, Karkardooma when the match was in progress," said Dr Singla.
"Seven laptops, two LCD TVs, four specially designed briefcases to hold and charge mobile phones continuously while taking bets and 74 mobile phones were recovered from them," he added.
"The accused Amit Arora, a resident of Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh is the kingpin of the racket which operates all over India. Gamblers call on specific numbers given by the gang to place bets. Details of bets are meticulously kept on laptops. The gang uses specially designed betting software on their laptops to record and calculate bets placed during the match," said Dr Single.
"Amit had arranged for three special phone connections called 'Tota Lines' which he had bought from an operator of Delhi. These lines keep repeating the current rates of betting after every ball on loudspeaker," he added.
"Amit verbally relayed these rates to all the 'punters' who placed bets with him. Bets are placed on the winner of toss, runs, sessions, wickets, final victory etc. He also used two different apps on his laptop which have been provided to him by two operaters from Punjab," said the Additional CP.
