{"id":34885,"date":"2022-10-28T06:54:32","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T09:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=34885"},"modified":"2026-04-23T03:30:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T06:30:20","slug":"india-26-arrested-in-raids-targetting-illegal-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-26-arrested-in-raids-targetting-illegal-gambling","title":{"rendered":"India: 26 arrested in raids targetting illegal gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Police in the Punjab arrested three groups of people in different locations on the same night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>India.- Punjabi police have made 26 arrests linked to alledged illegal cambling. Officers in <strong>Chandigarh <\/strong>arrested nine people while police in <strong>Ludhiana <\/strong>arrested 17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Chandigarh, four people were allegedly gambling near the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp on Tuesday night. Police seized Rs 5,850 there. Five people were near the DRDO wall, Phase 2, Industrial Area. Police seized Rs 67,400.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Ludhiana on the same night,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-17-arrested-on-suspicion-of-illegal-gambling\" target=\"_blank\">Police arrested 17 people<\/a>&nbsp;who were allegedly gambling at a house in Fateh Singh Nagar, Model Town. Officers seized Rs 12.5 lakh and nine sets of playing cards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this week,&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-29-arrested-for-gambling-at-hotel-in-delhi\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">police in Delhi arrested 29 people<\/a>, including seven women, for allegedly gambling at Hotel City West End. Police seized Rs 5.85 lakh and 10 decks of playing cards in an operation on Saturday. Elsewhere in India, officers in Pune arrested a man who was allegedly taking bets on cricket during India vs Pakistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police in the Punjab arrested three groups of people in different locations on the same night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":16308,"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 India have conducted multiple raids across Punjab, Delhi, and Pune, resulting in 26 arrests for alleged illegal gambling activities. Significant sums of cash and gambling paraphernalia were seized in operations targeting various locations, including residential properties and a hotel. These enforcement actions highlight the persistent challenge of illicit gambling operations within the Indian market.","focusai_entities":"Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), DRDO, Hotel City West End","focusai_location":"India, Punjab, Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Delhi, Pune","focusai_target_profile":"regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.8)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Framework Impact?","query":"How do these repeated enforcement actions against illegal gambling operations influence the ongoing discourse and potential timelines for establishing a regulated iGaming market in India?"},{"label":"Market Demand Implications?","query":"What insights do these arrests provide regarding the underlying consumer demand for gambling products in India, and how might this inform strategic planning for potential future licensed operators?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[23911],"class_list":["post-34885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34885","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=34885"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34906,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34885\/revisions\/34906"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}