{"id":777005872,"date":"2023-06-01T06:07:08","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T09:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777005872"},"modified":"2026-04-22T21:24:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T00:24:46","slug":"india-3-arrested-for-alleged-illegal-gambling-on-ipl-matches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-3-arrested-for-alleged-illegal-gambling-on-ipl-matches","title":{"rendered":"India: 3 arrested for alleged illegal gambling on IPL matches"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Those arrested are suspected of being involved in an incident in which police were assaulted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>India.-&nbsp;Police in Dibrugarh, <strong>Assam <\/strong>have arrested three people believed&nbsp;to be connected to an incident in which police were assaulted during a raid on May 29.&nbsp;According to India Today, police conducted a raid in Santipara after receiving a tipoff about IPL betting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officers claim they tried to detain the suspects and confiscate mobile phones but that they<strong> resisted and managed to escape<\/strong>, resulting in minor injuries to one police officer. Authorities suspect the involvement of 15 to 20 people and say they have video footage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Dibrugarh Police have registered a case (No. 301\/23) invoking sections 143, 147, 149, 353, and 333 of the Indian Penal Code, along with sections 14 and 15 of the Assam Games and Betting Act of 1970.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elsewhere in India, last week police in&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-3-arrested-for-alleged-illegal-gambling\" target=\"_blank\">Pune<\/a>&nbsp;made arrests over an alleged betting operation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Those arrested are suspected of being involved in an incident in which police were assaulted.<\/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":"Police in Dibrugarh, Assam, India, have arrested three individuals suspected of assaulting officers during a raid on an illegal IPL betting operation. The incident, which occurred on May 29, involved resistance from suspects and resulted in minor injuries to an officer. Authorities have registered a case under the Indian Penal Code and the Assam Games and Betting Act of 1970, highlighting ongoing enforcement against illicit gambling activities.","focusai_entities":"Police, India Today","focusai_location":"India, Dibrugarh, Assam, Santipara, Pune","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.8), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.7), investor_analyst (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Indian iGaming?","query":"What are the broader implications of these enforcement actions on the potential for regulated iGaming market development and investment in India?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Efficacy?","query":"How effective are current Indian regulatory frameworks, such as the Assam Games and Betting Act, in deterring and prosecuting large-scale illegal betting operations?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16334],"tags":[233],"class_list":["post-777005872","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\/777005872","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=777005872"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777005872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777005896,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777005872\/revisions\/777005896"}],"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=777005872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777005872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777005872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}