Thirty persons were arrested after a raid on a gambling den in a rented hotel room here, police said today.
The raid was carried out by the Anti-Extortion Cell in the intervening night of August 28-29, assistant commissioner of police (Crime) N T Kadam said.
He said that Rs 2.78 lakh had been seized from the arrested persons and efforts were on to nab Mangesh Bhosle who was allegedly running the gambling den.
A case had been registered under the Maharashtra Prevention of Gambling Act at Rabodi police station and further probe was underway, he added.