{"id":777004035,"date":"2023-04-05T12:27:48","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T15:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777004035"},"modified":"2026-04-22T23:06:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T02:06:22","slug":"india-23-arrested-for-alleged-illegal-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-23-arrested-for-alleged-illegal-gambling","title":{"rendered":"India: 23 arrested for alleged illegal gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Police carried out an operation at a venue in Lonikand, Maharashtra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>India.- Police have arrested 23 people in Lonikand, Maharashtra, including the owner of a venue. According to The Hindustan Times, the Social Security cell of the Crime Branch seized material worth \u20b954,790 after receiving information about illegal gambling activity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The raid was carried out under the guidance of senior police inspector Bharat Jadhav.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elsewhere in India, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-4-arrested-in-connection-with-cricket-betting-transactions\" target=\"_blank\">four people were arrested<\/a>&nbsp;by the Ahmedabad police\u2019s<strong>&nbsp;Prevention of Crime Branch (PCB)&nbsp;<\/strong>last week for allegedly engaging in illegal transactions worth Rs 1,800 crore relating to cricket betting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The police allege that those arrested dealt with known bookies who are operating from Dubai. They allegedly used the office of&nbsp;<strong>Mahavir Enterprises&nbsp;<\/strong>to conduct transactions using dummy bank accounts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police carried out an operation at a venue in Lonikand, Maharashtra.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":24984,"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 have conducted two significant operations against illegal gambling. In Lonikand, Maharashtra, 23 individuals were arrested for illicit gambling activities. Separately, Ahmedabad police apprehended four individuals involved in illegal cricket betting transactions totaling \u20b91,800 crore, with alleged links to bookmakers operating from Dubai and the use of dummy bank accounts.","focusai_entities":"Social Security cell of the Crime Branch, Bharat Jadhav, Ahmedabad police\u2019s Prevention of Crime Branch (PCB), Mahavir Enterprises","focusai_location":"Lonikand, Maharashtra, India, Ahmedabad, Dubai","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.85), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.75), payments_fraud_aml (0.95), investor_analyst (0.88), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.92)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"India's Regulatory Impact","query":"What are the long-term implications of these large-scale enforcement actions on the potential for a regulated iGaming market in India, particularly concerning investor confidence and the viability of B2C licensing frameworks?"},{"label":"AML Evasion Tactics","query":"How do the alleged methods of using dummy bank accounts and cross-border operations by bookies from Dubai inform the development of more robust Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Know Your Customer (KYC) protocols for legitimate payment processors and operators?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[23911],"class_list":["post-777004035","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\/777004035","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=777004035"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777004035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777004062,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777004035\/revisions\/777004062"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777004035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777004035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777004035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}