Surat Tennis Club members arrested for gambling

Surat, Nov 9 (UNI) The Umra police arrested 35 members of the Surat Tennis Club for gambling in a raid conducted last night.

The arrested individuals, mostly rich and famous of the city, including prominent businessmen, were caught gambling in the card room of the club, while pretending to be playing rummy, police said.

Police seized tokens worth Rs 1.5 lakh with various denominations on it from the card room, using which the gamblers could later collect the money, police added.

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