India: 6 arrested in Gurugram for alleged online gambling

Police in Gurugram have arrested six people.
Police in Gurugram have arrested six people.

The accused were allegedly running an online gambling operation on several sites.

India.- The cyber crime police station in South Gurugram has arrested six people over alleged an online gambling operation. Those arrested, identified as Karan, Shaanu, Gulshan, Shaan-e-Alam, Dilsher, and Chanderpal, were apprehended in a residential area in Gurugram’s Sector-71.

Acting on a tip-off received by Shahid Ahmad, in charge of the Cyber Police Station, the police team conducted a raid at a flat in Sector-71. Police seized seven mobile phones and a laptop. They suspect the operation had been running for five months on sites betbhai9.com, sky1exchange.com, cricbet99.com, laser247.com, play247.win, betbhai.com, and dil999.com.

Vipin Ahlawat, ACP Cyber Crime, says that a first information report (FIR) has been registered against the suspects under Section 419, 420 IPC & 13 Gambling Act, 66D IT Act.

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