{"id":777006947,"date":"2023-07-05T08:41:56","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T11:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777006947"},"modified":"2026-04-22T20:22:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T23:22:37","slug":"india-6-arrested-in-gurugram-for-alleged-online-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-6-arrested-in-gurugram-for-alleged-online-gambling","title":{"rendered":"India: 6 arrested in Gurugram for alleged online gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The accused were allegedly running an online gambling operation on several sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>India.- The cyber crime police station in South Gurugram has arrested<strong> six people<\/strong> over alleged an online gambling operation. Those arrested, identified as Karan, Shaanu, Gulshan, Shaan-e-Alam, Dilsher, and Chanderpal, were apprehended in a residential area in Gurugram&#8217;s Sector-71.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Acting on a tip-off received by<strong>&nbsp;Shahid Ahmad<\/strong>, in charge of the Cyber Police Station, the police team conducted a raid at a flat in Sector-71. Police seized seven mobile phones and a laptop. They suspect the operation had been running for five months on sites betbhai9.com, sky1exchange.com, cricbet99.com, laser247.com, play247.win, betbhai.com, and dil999.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Vipin Ahlawat<\/strong>, ACP Cyber Crime, says that a first information report (FIR) has been registered against the suspects under Section 419, 420 IPC &amp; 13 Gambling Act, 66D IT Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:&nbsp;<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/madras-high-court-to-hear-tamil-nadu-online-gaming-ban-challenge\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Madras High Court to hear Tamil Nadu online gaming ban challenge<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The accused were allegedly running an online gambling operation on several sites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26657,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Six individuals have been apprehended in Gurugram, India, for allegedly operating an illegal online gambling network across multiple websites for approximately five months. The cyber crime police seized mobile phones and a laptop, registering charges under various sections of the IPC, Gambling Act, and IT Act. This incident underscores ongoing regulatory enforcement challenges within the Indian iGaming landscape.","focusai_entities":"Karan, Shaanu, Gulshan, Shaan-e-Alam, Dilsher, Chanderpal, Cyber crime police station in South Gurugram, Shahid Ahmad, Vipin Ahlawat, Madras High Court","focusai_location":"India, Gurugram, Tamil Nadu","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.8), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), affiliate_publisher (0.7), marketing_crm (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"India Enforcement Impact","query":"What is the estimated GGR leakage from such unregulated operations in India, and how do these enforcement actions impact the market entry strategies for licensed B2C operators?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Efficacy","query":"How do the specific charges under the IPC, Gambling Act, and IT Act reflect the current efficacy and limitations of India's regulatory framework in combating illicit online gambling?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16334],"tags":[23911],"class_list":["post-777006947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777006947","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=777006947"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777006947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777006977,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777006947\/revisions\/777006977"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777006947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777006947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777006947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}