VASCO
Vasco police busted an IPL betting racket in the port town in the wee hours of Friday and arrested six persons from three states while also seizing equipment used in the racket.
According to sources, Vasco police acted on a tip and raided a flat in Vaddem on Thursday midnight and busted an interstate racket involving the illegal betting of IPL cricket matches.
Sources said the gang had been operating from the premises since September 19.
"The raid began at around 10 pm and went on till the wee hours of the morning. The police have arrested six persons, while two laptops, several mobile phones, two improvised devices connected with mobile phones for receiving phones calls, one television set and some writing materials have been seized during the raid," said the source.
The six persons arrested have been identified as Vijay Jat (23) from Rajasthan, Dilip Kurkreja (31), Gulshan Tikyani (30), Rohit Nadnani (24), Girish Lalwani (26) all from Maharashtra and Prakash Singh Kanojiya (29) from Madhya Pradesh.
The source added that the flat was provided by a person from Vasco and police are probing that person’s connection to the gang.
All six accused are in police custody, and further investigation is in progress.
