{"id":23372,"date":"2021-10-07T13:33:17","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T16:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=23372"},"modified":"2026-04-23T14:58:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T17:58:41","slug":"india-police-raid-2-illegal-gambling-dens-in-patrapur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-police-raid-2-illegal-gambling-dens-in-patrapur","title":{"rendered":"India: Police raid 2 illegal gambling dens in Patrapur"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police have carried out two raids in the Patrapur area in Ganjam district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">India.-\u00a0<strong>Police have arrested 11 people in two raids<\/strong>\u00a0in the Patrapur area in Ganjam district where two illegal gambling dens were operating. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to police,<strong>\u00a0one of the raids ended with six people arrested\u00a0<\/strong>for illegal gambling. During the bust, police seized a total of Rs18,260. In the <strong>second raid, five gamblers were arrested<\/strong>\u00a0and Rs9,300 was seized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">16 arrested for illegal gambling<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-16-arrested-for-illegal-gambling\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Authorities<\/a>&nbsp;have&nbsp;<strong>arrested 16 people<\/strong>&nbsp;during a raid on an illegal casino in outer Delhi\u2019s Alipur area. According to officers,<strong>&nbsp;a man called Harvinder Solanki had been running an illegal casino inside a farmhouse for the last two years<\/strong>. He is accused of being involved in illegal gambling operations in different areas of Delhi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the raid, police seized money, plastic coins, poker tokens and gambling chips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In August,&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/delhi-police-officer-in-illegal-cricket-betting-operation\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New Delhi\u2019s police<\/a>&nbsp;force dismissed<strong>&nbsp;an officer&nbsp;<\/strong>for being<strong>&nbsp;involved in an organised illegal cricket betting operation<\/strong>.&nbsp;<strong>Amit Kumar<\/strong>&nbsp;was also accused of being associated with criminals and rioters and of&nbsp;<strong>organising illegal gambling events.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police have carried out two raids in the Patrapur area in Ganjam district.<\/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 conducted multiple raids on illegal gambling operations in Ganjam district and Delhi, leading to 27 arrests and significant seizures of cash and gaming paraphernalia. These enforcement actions underscore ongoing challenges in combating illicit gambling activities and highlight the critical importance of robust regulatory compliance and governance frameworks for legitimate market participants.","focusai_entities":"Harvinder Solanki, Amit Kumar, Police","focusai_location":"India, Ganjam district, Patrapur, Delhi, Alipur, New Delhi","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.8), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.85), operator_casino (0.75), affiliate_publisher (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"India Regulatory Impact","query":"What are the long-term implications of these enforcement actions on the potential for a regulated iGaming market in India, particularly concerning B2B\/B2C licensing frameworks and investor confidence?"},{"label":"Illicit Market Size","query":"How do these arrests and seizures reflect the estimated size and operational sophistication of the illicit gambling market in India, and what challenges does this pose for future regulatory compliance?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16334],"tags":[229],"class_list":["post-23372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-asia-news","tag-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23372","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=23372"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23383,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23372\/revisions\/23383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}