Four held in Goa for betting on IPL match

The police also seized total ₹ 15,785 cash.

October 13, 2020 11:34 am | Updated 11:36 am IST - Panaji

A view of the Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE, one of the venues for IPL 2020. File

A view of the Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE, one of the venues for IPL 2020. File

Four persons have been arrested from a hotel in North Goa district for allegedly accepting bets on a match of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL), police said on Tuesday.

The Calangute police on Monday night raided the hotel in Candolim village where the accused were found accepting bets on the IPL match between the Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore, a police spokesman said.

The four accused, identified as Adduri Naga Raju (42), Irrinki Venkata Ganesh (20), Pithani Kishore Kumar (41) and Rudra Suryanarayan Raju (39), all natives of Andhra Pradesh, were arrested, he said.

The police also seized total ₹ 15,785 cash, 32 mobile phones, a mobile conference box and two laptops, he said.

A case was registered against the accused under sections of the Goa Public Gambling Act, he said.

This is the fourth IPL betting case registered by the Calangute police in a month.

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