Pramesh Jain
In a special drive by East Division police,of Indiranagar police raided the Phoenix poker room gambling den on Saturday raided,arrested 57 persons and seized three swiping machines and cash Rs 2.3 lakh from them.
Senior officer told media persons,Based on the information a team of police headed by ACP,Kumar D,raided a phoenix poker room situated in the multi storeyed building on KT road and sealed the premises.
The raid was carried out following a complaint from the concerned residents complaining of large scale illegal activities at the gambling centre.
During the raid as our team arrived many people jumped from the adjacent building while some scaled down the pipes from the backside of the building to escape during the raid .
However the police maintained that except one persons the police have arrested all of them who were gambling in the premises.
The residents also alleged that despite Covid lockdown and strict guidelines in force,many people gather to gamble at the centre.
Though the jurisdictional police were aware of this they ignored due to reasons best known to them,a resident complained to senior officers on social media platform.
We are investigating into the allegations made by the residents and action will be initiated after the probe said senior officer.
Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP East,S Murugan, DCP East,Dr.SD Sharanappa,ACP,Kumar D,PI,Harish BC,and other staff for the successful raid and sealing the premises which was running gambling illegally he added.
