VASCO
Porvorim Police busted an illegal online cricket betting operation in Socorro and arrested four persons in this connection.
According to Porvorim Police Inspector Rahul Parab, the police received a tip on Friday night that online cricket betting was going on in a house at Socorro.
Accordingly, the police raided the house in Kamat Nagar, Socorro and seized laptops and mobile phones used to accept bets on various cricket leagues, all worth Rs 1.5 lakh.
The accused have been identified as Tejeshwar Rao (24) of Durg-Chattisgarh, Gagan Kumar Suman (23) of Madhya Pradesh, Mukesh Kumar Jat (21) of Rajasthan and Karan Pal (25) of Madhya Pradesh.
All accused were arrested under Sections 3 and4 of Goa Daman and Diu Public Gambling Act. The raiding team was led by him and consisted of PSI Sitaram Malik, PSI Sanket Talkar, constables Mahadev Naik, Utkarsh Dessai, Bhikaji Parab, Yogesh Shinde, Siddhesh Naik and Nitesh Gaude.
Further investigation is in progress under the supervision of Porvorim DySP Vishwesh Karpe and SP North Nidhin Valsan.
