{"id":777007655,"date":"2023-07-26T06:36:04","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T09:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777007655"},"modified":"2026-04-22T19:40:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T22:40:22","slug":"india-3-arrested-for-alleged-illegal-gambling-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-3-arrested-for-alleged-illegal-gambling-2","title":{"rendered":"India: 3 arrested for alleged illegal gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Three people were arrested in Adilabad for running matka gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

India.- Authorities in Adilabad, India, have arrested three people for alleged illegal matka gambling<\/strong>. Those arrested, identified as Waseem Atthar and SK Jaleel from Adilabad town, along with Kanaka Santosh from Maharashtra’s Kinwat, were taken into custody after a tip-off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Officers from the Central Crime Station seized three mobile phones and Rs 4,530 in cash. As reported by Telangana Today, those arrested were presented before a court and remanded into judicial custody.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elsewhere in India,\u00a0police arrested 23 people<\/a>\u00a0in Chhattisgarh, Odisha, and Andhra Pradesh as part of an operation\u00a0against the illegal online betting platform Mahadev Book<\/strong>, According to reports, the police have frozen\u00a0150 accounts at 12 banks<\/strong>, together containing approximately Rs 45 lakh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Three people were arrested in Adilabad for running matka gambling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26452,"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 distinct operations against illegal gambling. In Adilabad, three individuals were arrested for matka gambling, with mobile phones and cash seized. Separately, a multi-state operation led to 23 arrests across Chhattisgarh, Odisha, and Andhra Pradesh, targeting the illegal online betting platform Mahadev Book, resulting in the freezing of approximately Rs 45 lakh in bank accounts.","focusai_entities":"Waseem Atthar, SK Jaleel, Kanaka Santosh, Mahadev Book","focusai_location":"India, Adilabad, Maharashtra, Kinwat, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.8), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), affiliate_publisher (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Efficacy","query":"How do these multi-jurisdictional enforcement actions against both traditional matka and sophisticated online platforms like Mahadev Book reflect the evolving regulatory efficacy and inter-agency coordination in combating illicit gambling operations across India?"},{"label":"Financial Crime Impact","query":"Beyond the immediate seizures, what are the broader implications for financial crime prevention, particularly regarding AML protocols and payment gateway vulnerabilities, given the scale of funds frozen from the Mahadev Book operation?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16334],"tags":[23911],"class_list":["post-777007655","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\/777007655","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=777007655"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777007655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777007662,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777007655\/revisions\/777007662"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777007655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777007655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777007655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}