The Central Crime Branch police raided a hotel at Mahadevapura on Sunday and arrested 65 people who were allegedly gambling. The police team seized ₹96 lakh in cash during the raid, one of the biggest hauls in recent times.
“We got a tip-off that one of the biggest gambling events was being organised at the hotel. Most of the people were from Andhra Pradesh who had been invited for the high-end event,” said a CCB official. Two of the organisers have been detained.
A senior CCB official expressed surprise that such a big event, organised during the pandemic, went unnoticed by the jurisdictional police.
