Pramesh Jain
Special inquiry wing of CCB on Thursday raided a house in Anepalya and arrested a gang of five persons who were running cricket betting racket.
The accused has been identified as,Mir Ghulam Hyder,Arun Raj,Akbar Ali,Laiq Ali and Roshan.
Senior officer told media persons,Based on a tip off,a team of police led by Ravi Patil,and team raided a house in Anepalya and arrested five persons.
The police have seized Rs.1 lakh and mobile phones from them.
According to the police the prime accused Mir Ghulam Hyder was prime accused in the racket was monitoring the ongoing pakistan premier league cricket matches and receiving bets from punters .
All the five have been booked and a case against the accused is registered in Ashoknagar police station and further investigation is on.
Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant,has appreciated Joint CP Crime,Sandeep Patil,DCP Crime-1, KP Ravikumar,and his team as Ravi Patil and other staff has been appreciated for the commendable job done by them in busting cricket betting racket he added.