Pratapgarh : Pratapgarh Police has taken a major action against bookies and arrested 6 bookies doing online betting business. The police seized betting accounts worth lakhs of rupees and many electronic devices including 25 mobiles from their possession. Is. All the bookies are residents of Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh. Kotwali police station officer Deepak Banjara said that information was received through an informer that online betting business was going on in a house in Housing Board Colony.
After getting the information, when the police team reached the Housing Board house with a search warrant under the direction of SP Vineet Kumar Bansal, there were 6 people doing online betting business. Police have recovered 25 mobiles, laptops, computers, calculators and many betting equipment from their possession. Police have also seized betting registers and papers worth lakhs of rupees from the spot. An SUV car has also been seized from the spot. Banjara told that all the bookies doing betting business are residents of Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh and were running this business by using fake sims in mobiles. Police have registered a case against him under Gambling Act, fraud and other sections and arrested him. The police is busy locating their entire network related to betting business.
