Cricket betting racket busted Three bookies operating through mobile phone app arrested by CCB police seized Rs.10.5 lakhs cash

Yogesh K Porwar & Avanth Kumar Kankariya

Sleuths of Central Crime Branch on Monday busted a cricket betting racket and arrested three bookies who are operating through a mobile phone app .

Based on a tip off,a team of police raided two places in Mahadevapura and arrested the accused and seized Rs.10.5 lakh from them.

The accused were betting for the England and Pakistan cricket matches and receiving the bets from punters online.

During the raid,another bookie managed to give a slip to the police,efforts are on to track him down.

The police have also seized three mobile phones from the accused and analyzing the call records to ascertain their network .