{"id":15385,"date":"2021-03-02T16:39:29","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T16:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=15385"},"modified":"2026-04-23T21:25:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T00:25:07","slug":"delhi-3-arrested-for-online-lottery-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/delhi-3-arrested-for-online-lottery-scam","title":{"rendered":"Delhi: 3 arrested for online lottery scam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Three men have been arrested after a written complaint received by Crime Branch in Kashmir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>India.- Authorities have arrested three people in New Delhi in relation to an alleged lottery scam following a written complaint received by the <strong>Crime Branch in Kashmir.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A complainant received a phone call from an unknown number informing him that he had won a prize of <strong>seven Lakh rupees<\/strong> in a contest. He was then asked to deposit some money in a bank account registered under the name <strong>Non Stop Deal<\/strong>, in order to claim the prize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Non Stop Deal<strong> was allegedly operated by Santosh Kumar Bhagat<\/strong>, who has been arrested along with Lakhan Lal Ahirvar and Benadict Silvester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police arrested <strong><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/delhi-police-arrested-6291-for-illegal-gambling-in-2020\" target=\"_blank\">6,291 people in more than 2,400 cases of illegal gambling in 2020<\/a><\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three men have been arrested after a written complaint received by Crime Branch in Kashmir.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":15386,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Authorities in India have arrested three individuals in New Delhi following a complaint to the Crime Branch in Kashmir regarding an alleged lottery scam. The scheme involved a complainant being instructed to deposit funds into a bank account, 'Non Stop Deal,' to claim a fictitious prize. This incident underscores the ongoing challenges with illicit gambling and financial fraud within the Indian market, reflecting broader enforcement efforts against illegal activities.","focusai_entities":"Santosh Kumar Bhagat, Lakhan Lal Ahirvar, Benadict Silvester, Non Stop Deal, Crime Branch","focusai_location":"India, Kashmir, New Delhi","focusai_target_profile":"regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.85), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.8)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"India Fraud Prevention","query":"What specific regulatory or technological advancements are being considered by Indian authorities to combat the proliferation of lottery scams and illegal gambling operations, particularly those leveraging digital payment channels?"},{"label":"Impact on Regulated Market","query":"How do persistent incidents of illegal gambling and fraud, as highlighted by these arrests, influence the timeline and scope of potential iGaming regulatory frameworks in emerging markets like India?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16334],"tags":[20326],"class_list":["post-15385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-asia-news","tag-illegal-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15385"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15415,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15385\/revisions\/15415"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}