{"id":20421,"date":"2021-07-19T15:08:40","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T15:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=20421"},"modified":"2026-04-23T17:30:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T20:30:22","slug":"india-9-arrested-for-illegal-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-9-arrested-for-illegal-gambling","title":{"rendered":"India: 9 arrested for illegal gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police have arrested nine men for allegedly running a gambling and betting ring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">India.-\u00a0<strong>Police in India<\/strong>\u00a0have arrested nine men for alleged involvement in illegal gambling following a raid on a house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the raid,\u00a0<strong>police seized mobile phones, money, SIM cards, a laptop and several dice<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Hindustan Times, the<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>operation\u00a0was discovered when police received a tipoff about activity at the house. An officer said those arrested were caught &#8220;red-handed&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In June,&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-3-arrested-for-online-gambling-and-cash-fraud\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">police arrested three people<\/a>&nbsp;for alleged involvement in&nbsp;<strong>online gambling and cash fraud operations<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Officers also seized 800 SIM cards and several Paytm barcodes<\/strong>\u00a0during a raid on a venue in Karimpur, Nadia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Telegraph India, those arrested admitted their<strong>&nbsp;links to online gambling associates<\/strong>&nbsp;operating from China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police in the state of Telangana also arrested&nbsp;<strong>thirteen people&nbsp;<\/strong>who were&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-13-arrested-over-illegal-gambling\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">playing three-card gambling<\/a>&nbsp;at a private property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among those arrested was the&nbsp;<strong>Telangana state labour minister\u2019s brother<\/strong>, Ch Narasimha Reddy, a businessman aged 66.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police have arrested nine men for allegedly running a gambling and betting ring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Indian authorities have conducted multiple raids, leading to the arrest of over twenty individuals involved in illicit gambling and betting operations across various states. These operations encompassed both physical gambling rings and online cash fraud schemes, with some online activities linked to associates in China, highlighting cross-border regulatory challenges.","focusai_entities":"Ch Narasimha Reddy, Paytm","focusai_location":"India, Karimpur, Nadia, Telangana","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.8), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Enforcement Efficacy?","query":"What specific policy adjustments or inter-agency collaborations are Indian regulators considering to enhance the efficacy of enforcement against both land-based and online illicit gambling operations, particularly those with international links?"},{"label":"Impact on Licensed Market?","query":"How do these significant arrests in the unregulated sector influence the projected Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) and Net Gaming Revenue (NGR) for potential future licensed iGaming operators in India, and what are the implications for market entry strategies?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16334],"tags":[229,512],"class_list":["post-20421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-asia-news","tag-gambling","tag-gaming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20421","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=20421"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20446,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20421\/revisions\/20446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}