{"id":777005616,"date":"2023-05-25T13:50:34","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T16:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777005616"},"modified":"2026-04-22T21:37:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T00:37:20","slug":"india-3-arrested-for-alleged-illegal-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-3-arrested-for-alleged-illegal-gambling","title":{"rendered":"India: 3 arrested for alleged illegal gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The arrests were made in Pune.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>India.- The anti-extortion squad of the Pune Police has carried out a raid on an alleged <strong>illegal betting syndicate<\/strong> operating on IPL cricket matches.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Saturday (May 20), the anti-extortion squad targeted a flat located in Kondhwa and<strong> arrested three people<\/strong> identified as Wasim Hanif Sheikh (39), a resident of Saibabanagar in Kondhwa Khurd, Ikram Maqsud Mulla (26), residing in Madne Society, Ghorpade Peth, and Musabin Mehmud Bashaib (35) from Kondhwa&#8217;s Somwar Peth.\u00a0They are suspected of operating betting in<strong> Dubai, Nagpur, and Mumbai<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those arrested were presented before the Shivajinagar court on Tuesday, May 23, and an extension of their custody was granted. Authorities initiated the process of freezing Akshay Tiwari&#8217;s bank account in Indore. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this week,&nbsp;<strong>Delhi Police&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-42-arrested-for-illegal-activities-at-ipl-matches\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-42-arrested-for-illegal-activities-at-ipl-matches\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">arrested 42 people for alleged gambling<\/a>, cheating, black market ticket sales and molestation at or around the Arun Jaitley Stadium. According to the police, six cases were registered during six IPL matches held from April 4 to May 14, with the cases being filed the day after each match.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The arrests were made in Pune.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":17582,"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 law enforcement agencies have intensified efforts against illegal betting syndicates, with the Pune Police apprehending three individuals suspected of operating an illicit cricket betting network across multiple cities, including Dubai. Concurrently, the Delhi Police made 42 arrests for various offenses, including gambling, during IPL matches, underscoring persistent challenges in market integrity and regulatory compliance.","focusai_entities":"Wasim Hanif Sheikh, Ikram Maqsud Mulla, Musabin Mehmud Bashaib, Akshay Tiwari, Pune Police, Delhi Police, Shivajinagar court","focusai_location":"India, Pune, Kondhwa, Kondhwa Khurd, Ghorpade Peth, Somwar Peth, Nagpur, Mumbai, Indore, Delhi, Dubai","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.8), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.85), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Market Integrity Impact","query":"What is the estimated GGR diversion from licensed operators to these identified illegal betting syndicates, and what strategic countermeasures are being deployed to reclaim market share and enhance player protection?"},{"label":"Regulatory Efficacy Review","query":"How do these enforcement actions reflect the current efficacy of India's regulatory and enforcement frameworks in combating large-scale illegal sports betting operations, particularly concerning cross-border activities?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16334],"tags":[233],"class_list":["post-777005616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-asia-news","tag-sports-betting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777005616","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=777005616"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777005616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777005636,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777005616\/revisions\/777005636"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777005616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777005616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777005616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}