{"id":777004544,"date":"2023-04-21T14:38:20","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T17:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777004544"},"modified":"2026-04-22T22:38:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T01:38:20","slug":"india-2-alleged-bookies-arrested-over-ipl-betting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-2-alleged-bookies-arrested-over-ipl-betting","title":{"rendered":"India: 2 alleged bookies arrested over IPL betting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Police have arrested two Mumbai residents for allegedly taking bets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>India.- Rural police in Pune, Maharashtra, have arrested two alleged bookies. <strong>Rajivan Singh<\/strong> and<strong> Maskinsingh Rajendrasingh Arora<\/strong>, both residents of Mumbai, were identified as the accused. The police acted on a tip-off and raided a bungalow in Tungarli village.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police seized seven cell phones, a laptop and other items worth Rs 1.5 lakh. Ankir Goyal, superintendent of the Pune rural police, told The Indian Express that the accused had been using online applications like Khai Lagai on their laptop and the Diamond Exchange app on cell phones for accepting bets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The probe is underway to determine whether there are more people involved. The police are also investigating the online applications used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The IPL is the most popular cricket tournament in India, attracting a huge number of viewers and bettors alike. Betting on IPL matches is illegal in India. Earlier this week,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-5-arrested-for-alleged-ipl-betting-operation\" target=\"_blank\">five people were arrested<\/a>&nbsp;at Mumbai\u2019s Wankhede Stadium. According to the police,&nbsp;<strong>those arrested were using the team-viewer app<\/strong>&nbsp;on Blackberry phones to communicate match details to a team that was taking bets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police have arrested two Mumbai residents for allegedly taking bets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":18986,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Pune rural police in Maharashtra, India, have arrested two Mumbai residents for allegedly operating an illegal sports betting ring, primarily focused on IPL cricket matches. The accused utilized online applications like 'Khai Lagai' and 'Diamond Exchange app' for accepting wagers. This incident underscores persistent regulatory enforcement against illicit gambling operations in the region.","focusai_entities":"Rajivan Singh, Maskinsingh Rajendrasingh Arora, Ankir Goyal, Pune rural police, The Indian Express","focusai_location":"India, Pune, Mumbai","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.8), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.85), operator_casino (0.75), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Regulation?","query":"What specific regulatory or legislative actions are anticipated in India to address the proliferation of illegal online betting applications, and how might these influence the timeline for a regulated iGaming market?"},{"label":"Tech for Illicit Betting?","query":"Beyond 'Khai Lagai' and 'Diamond Exchange app', what emerging technologies or platforms are being leveraged by illicit betting syndicates, and what countermeasures are B2B suppliers developing to mitigate such risks?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16334],"tags":[20326],"class_list":["post-777004544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-asia-news","tag-illegal-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777004544","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=777004544"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777004544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777004560,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777004544\/revisions\/777004560"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777004544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777004544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777004544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}