{"id":32230,"date":"2022-07-31T17:24:04","date_gmt":"2022-07-31T20:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=32230"},"modified":"2026-04-23T06:24:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T09:24:28","slug":"india-42-arrested-for-illegal-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-42-arrested-for-illegal-gambling","title":{"rendered":"India: 42 arrested for illegal gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police in Pune made the arrests in raids on eight shops in the Bibwewadi area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">India.-\u00a0Police in Bibwewadi, Pune, have carried out a series of raids that ended with the arrest of 42 people for alleged involvement in illegal gambling. Officers discovered gambling taking place under the guise of online games, lotteries and online lotteries. They seized 27 motorcycles, 32 mobile phones and other gambling material worth \u20b919 lakh (US$23,991) from the accused.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A case was filed at Bibwewadi police station under Sections 4 and 5 of the Maharashtra Prevention of Gambling Act against 94 people, including those arrested, shop owners and workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elsewhere in India, two weeks ago,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-8-arrested-for-alleged-illegal-gambling\" target=\"_blank\">police carried out a raid in the Baba Demb area of Srinagar<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>arrested eight people<\/strong>\u00a0who were allegedly involved in illegal gambling activities. Four of the men were allegedly gambling. The other four are said to have initially escaped but were later arrested. Police\u00a0<strong>seized money and playing cards<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Previous to that,&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-43-arrested-for-illegal-gambling\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">police arrested 43 people<\/a>, including nine women after founding an alleged illegal casino in a house in the city of Partapur.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police in Pune made the arrests in raids on eight shops in the Bibwewadi area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26852,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Police in Pune, India, arrested 42 individuals in raids targeting illegal gambling operations disguised as online games and lotteries, seizing assets worth \u20b919 lakh. 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