{"id":21797,"date":"2021-08-20T13:32:24","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T16:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=21797"},"modified":"2026-04-23T16:27:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T19:27:30","slug":"delhi-police-officer-in-illegal-cricket-betting-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/delhi-police-officer-in-illegal-cricket-betting-operation","title":{"rendered":"Delhi police officer in illegal cricket betting operation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Authorities in New Delhi found the officer involved in an organised cricket betting operation and other related crimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

India.- New Delhi’s police force has dismissed\u00a0an officer <\/strong>for being\u00a0involved in an organised illegal cricket betting operation<\/strong>. Amit Kumar<\/strong>\u00a0was also accused of being associated with criminals and rioters and of\u00a0organising illegal gambling events.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to The Indian Express, Kumar was discovered during\u00a0a fight between two men who were involved in betting operations<\/strong>. One of them was Amit Raghav who was part of a betting racket and was close to Amit Kumar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Officers discovered that both\u00a0Raghav and Kumar carried out illegal gambling rackets and collected money from gamblers<\/strong>. Police also suspect Kumar was involved with bar owners who were breaching Covid-19 countermeasures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An officer stated: “We found that Kumar was actively in touch with all the bar owners and managers in the area. During questioning, he admitted he called them regularly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In June,\u00a0police in Andhra Pradesh<\/a>\u00a0busted an\u00a0illegal cricket betting racket\u00a0<\/strong>that was taking bets on the sixth edition of the Pakistan Super League. According to local media,\u00a0four people were arrested through a joint operation<\/strong>\u00a0between the City Task Force and the PM Palem Police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the raid,\u00a0police seized SIM cards<\/strong>, 29 mobile phones, laptops, TV sets, five account books and\u00a0INR1,590 (US$21.70)<\/strong>. Police said\u00a0the cricket betting racket<\/strong>\u00a0operated on the match between Quetta Gladiators and Peshawar Zalmi, and the match between Quetta Gladiators and Peshawar Zalmi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cricket remains India\u2019s most popular sport<\/strong>. There is a huge underground cricket betting market said to be worth between US$45bn and US$150bn a year. Around 80 per cent of illegal sports betting in India is on Cricket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, Shabir Hussein Shekhadam Khandwawala<\/strong>, the head of the Anti-Corruption Unit of the Board of Control for Cricket in India <\/strong>(BCCI), said that he is firmly against the possibility of <\/strong>legalising sports betting<\/a> <\/strong>in India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlike his predecessor<\/strong>, who had stated that legalising betting would be the most effective <\/strong>means of preventing corruption within the game, Khandwawala believes legal sports<\/strong> betting would encourage match-fixing<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said: \u201cWe can make the rules more strict<\/strong>. We will work on that. It is a matter of great prestige that cricket is largely free of corruption. Credit should go to the BCCI for that.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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