Rajasthan: 5 arrested for IPL betting racket in Sikar

The Rajasthan Police on Wednesday arrested around 5 people for allegedly betting on the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket in Rajasthan's Sikar area.

The police have seized 9 mobile phones, laptops and other possessions from the arrested persons.

On My 7, as many as 12 people were arrested in Hyderabad on Monday for allegedly betting on the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket matches.

The arrests followed raids conducted by them simultaneously at four hideouts of cricket bookies and collection agents when they were collecting betting amounts, city police said in release.

Earlier on April 11, the city police had arrested five people for running a gambling racket taking bets on the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL).

The police had seized 17 mobile phones, laptops, Televisions and other possessions from the arrested.

Fatehpur Thana Kotwali police station in-charge Uday Singh, said, "We had received information about bets on IPL matches following which we carried out the investigation and arrested five people in connection."

"We also recovered the calculations of their bets. The bets carried out today amounted to over Rs 18 lakhs while the older ones were near to Rs 80 lakhs," he added.

(with inputs)