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Press Trust of India Ghaziabad
Last Updated : May 27 2016 | 8:32 PM IST
Three bookies have been arrested from Nehru Nagar colony here for accepting bets on matches of the ongoing Indian Premier League, police said today.
Acting on a tip-off, Sihani gate police conducted a raid last night at a house where the accused were accepting money for the match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad, Senior Superintendent of Police K S Emanuel said.
The trio have been identified as Gagan, Ajay and Sanjeev.
Police said they were arrested after a gang of bookies, held in Goa few days ago, confessed to having links with an international gang and with some Ghaziabad-based bookies.
Emanuel said police is examining their connection with international bookies.
Cash worth Rs 16 lakh, laptops, three mobile phones and two four-wheelers were also seized, police said.

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First Published: May 27 2016 | 8:32 PM IST

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