Delhi Police arrested 10 persons for illegal cricket betting

New Delhi: Ten people engaged in several states, including Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan, have been detained by the Delhi Police‘s Crime Branch in a significant crackdown on illicit cricket betting, the police department said in a statement.

The defendants were discovered using computers and cell phones to wager on the Big Bash League T-20 competition in Australia. Five computers, twenty-four cell phones, an LED smart TV, and other incriminating items were found by the police on the accused.

Police claim that the operation’s leader, 48-year-old Delhi jeweler Raju Vaishnav, persuaded other bookmakers from other states to cooperate in order to boost earnings.

The gang used a betting website to conduct their business online and notepads to record bets offline. The organization has been in business for more than a year, according to the inquiry, with daily transactions totaling Rs 1.5 lakh and earnings between Rs 30,000 and Rs 40,000.

Yagesh Taneja, 36, medical shop worker, Agra, Uttar Pradesh; Tarun Khanna, 34, medical shop worker, Agra, Uttar Pradesh; Manish Jain, 34, gas stove dealer, Jaipur, Rajasthan; Kushal, 32, mobile shop owner, Pali, Rajasthan; Raju Vaishnav, 48, goldsmith, Karol Bagh, Delhi; Ajay Kumar, 43, cloth shop owner, Karol Bagh, Delhi 44-year-old Parvesh Kumar, a tailor from Delhi’s Karol Bagh; Jagrit, alias Sunny Saihni, 32, a software specialist from Karol Bagh, Delhi; Gautam Das, 43, a mobile store owner from Pali, Rajasthan; and Harvinder Deol, 38, a mobile shop owner from Agra, Uttar Pradesh, also known as Happy.