{"id":777001750,"date":"2023-01-25T13:57:22","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T16:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777001750"},"modified":"2026-04-23T01:15:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T04:15:26","slug":"india-19-arrested-in-raid-on-suspected-gambling-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-19-arrested-in-raid-on-suspected-gambling-operation","title":{"rendered":"India: 19 arrested in raid on suspected gambling operation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Those arrested include a former police informer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>India.- Police have arrested <strong>19 people<\/strong>, including <strong>Altafkhan Pathan<\/strong>, a former police informer, for allegedly running a gambling operation in Rakhial, Ahmedabad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to The Times of India, Pathan had contested the 2022 assembly election on a Samajwadi Party ticket. He also contested civic body polls in 2021.Officers seized Rs 1.14 lakh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this week,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-man-arrested-for-allegedly-gambling-on-ludo\" target=\"_blank\">police arrested<\/a>&nbsp;a 26-year-old man for allegedly gambling on Ludo online. Police officer&nbsp;<strong>Prakash Ramesh<\/strong>&nbsp;said he and colleague&nbsp;<strong>Vishwarajsinh Hardevsinh<\/strong>&nbsp;were on patrol when they received information that a man was playing the board game near Manav Mandir bus station.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Those arrested include a former police informer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":25241,"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 in Ahmedabad have apprehended 19 individuals, including former political candidate Altafkhan Pathan, for operating an illicit gambling ring. Separately, police arrested a 26-year-old for online Ludo gambling. These enforcement actions underscore ongoing efforts to combat unregulated gaming activities within the region.","focusai_entities":"Altafkhan Pathan, Samajwadi Party, Prakash Ramesh, Vishwarajsinh Hardevsinh","focusai_location":"India, Ahmedabad","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.7), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"India Regulatory Outlook","query":"How do these enforcement actions against illicit gambling operations in India influence the ongoing discourse regarding a potential federal or state-level regulatory framework for iGaming, and what are the implications for B2B\/B2C licensing?"},{"label":"Black Market Deterrence","query":"What specific strategies are Indian authorities employing to deter the proliferation of black market gambling, and how effective are these measures in protecting potential NGR for future regulated entities?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[23911],"class_list":["post-777001750","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\/777001750","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=777001750"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777001750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777001773,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777001750\/revisions\/777001773"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777001750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777001750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777001750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}