Bengaluru, Apr 1 : Police have nabbed a 35 year-old bookie and seized from him Rs 1.89 lakh betting money and two mobile phones during a raid conducted on his rented house in the City.
Police said on Monday that arrested Vishwanath was collecting betting money in advance (minimum of Rs 5000) and he was installing ‘Play 365’ app to their mobile phones and give them user name and password so that they can bet about winning team or losing team, players etc., on the ongoing IPL matches. He was arrested when he was collecting betting on Sunrisers Hyderabad and Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
Preliminary investigation has revealed that Vishwanath used to give thus collected betting money to another bookie Nitin and collecting 10 per cent commission. Police are on the look out to nab Nitin.
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