{"id":35153,"date":"2022-11-07T13:03:23","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T16:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=35153"},"modified":"2026-04-23T03:14:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T06:14:44","slug":"india-8-arrested-for-alleged-illegal-gambling-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-8-arrested-for-alleged-illegal-gambling-2","title":{"rendered":"India: 8 arrested for alleged illegal gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Police seized Rs 6.03 lakh, playing cards and other items.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>India.- Police have <strong>arrested eight people in relation to alleged illegal gambling<\/strong> in Salem Tabri, Punjab. Those arrested are aged between 29 and 55. Police seized Rs 6.03 lakh, playing cards and other items.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Commissioner of police (CP) <strong>Kaustubh Sharma<\/strong> and ADCP (Crime) <strong>Rupinder Kaur Sran<\/strong> told Tribune India the police team had received a tip that a group of people were gambling at a location in Salem. Kaur Sran said that seven of the eight suspects had no previous criminal record. One had been released on bail over charges relating to murders in 2016 and 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ADCP said police intend to continue operations against gambling in the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elsewhere,&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-police-destroy-over-3160-lagao-khouba-items\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">police in Manipur\u2019s Imphalsi district<\/a>&nbsp;destroyed more than 3,160 items of gambling materials worth over<strong>&nbsp;Rs 1m<\/strong>. The materials had been seized in a series of raids against illegal gambling on a dice game known locally as \u201clagao khouba\u201d during the Diwali and Ningol Chakouba festival period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-18-arrested-in-connection-with-alleged-betting-on-cricket-matches\" target=\"_blank\">police in Karnataka arrested 18 people<\/a>&nbsp;in Bengaluru for alleged betting on cricket. Officers seized Rs 4,68,200 in cash and 17 mobile phones. Further investigation is underway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police seized Rs 6.03 lakh, playing cards and other items.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26603,"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 conducted multiple raids across Punjab, Manipur, and Karnataka, leading to the arrest of 26 individuals and the seizure of significant cash and gambling materials. These operations targeted various forms of illegal gambling, including card games, a local dice game, and cricket betting, underscoring ongoing enforcement efforts against unregulated activities.","focusai_entities":"Kaustubh Sharma, Rupinder Kaur Sran, Police","focusai_location":"India, Punjab, Salem Tabri, Manipur, Imphalsi district, Karnataka, Bengaluru","focusai_target_profile":"regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"India's Regulatory Path?","query":"What are the long-term implications of sustained enforcement against illegal gambling for the potential development and regulatory framework of a legal iGaming market in India?"},{"label":"Impact on Grey Market?","query":"How do these targeted enforcement operations, particularly during festive periods, affect the operational resilience and scale of the illicit gambling grey market within India?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[23911],"class_list":["post-35153","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\/35153","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=35153"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35183,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35153\/revisions\/35183"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}