Betting racket unearthed

December 26, 2019 07:49 am | Updated 07:49 am IST - Bengaluru

Central Crime Branch (CCB) officials on Wednesday arrested a bookie who was running an online betting racket in J.P. Nagar.

A police team, based on a tip, raided the premises from where Ravi, 40, was operating and caught him red-handed. Ravi was receiving bets from punters for a Bangladesh Premier League cricket match. According to the police, he confessed to having run the racket for the past six months. The pol ice also recovered ₹57,000 and a phone from him.

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