{"id":777008044,"date":"2023-08-09T07:40:17","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T10:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777008044"},"modified":"2026-04-22T19:14:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T22:14:07","slug":"indian-police-detect-international-links-behind-alleged-online-gambling-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/indian-police-detect-international-links-behind-alleged-online-gambling-operation","title":{"rendered":"Indian police detect international links behind alleged online gambling operation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Police detected the alleged illegal operation in June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>India.- Police in Kangra claim to have found international links behind an alleged online betting operation\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-11-arrested-for-alleged-illegal-online-betting-operations\" target=\"_blank\">discovered in June<\/a>. The Superintendent of Police, Shalini Agnihotri, said the network extended to Dubai, Cambodia, African nations and Armenia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police have petitioned for the involvement of a central agency to handle the investigation. So far, 18 people have been arrested in seven states: Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police say they have investigated 90 bank accounts, culminating in the seizure of \u20b994 crore. Raids in Kangra led to arrests and the seizure of laptops, mobile phones, passbooks, chequebooks, and SIM cards. Subsequent inquiries extended to Mohali in Punjab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to The Hindustan Times, the netwok establishment of numerous bank accounts in Dharamshala, Baijnath-Paprola and Mohali in different people&#8217; names, often without their knowledge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elsewhere in India,&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-22-arrested-for-alleged-illegal-gambling\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">police in Ludhiana arrested 28 people<\/a>&nbsp;in one day in<strong>&nbsp;22 separate operations&nbsp;<\/strong>targeting illegal gambling, betting and lottery sales. Police seized \u20b950,215 in cash, mobile phones, playing cards and other materials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police detected the alleged illegal operation in June.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":19864,"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 police in Kangra have uncovered an alleged international online betting operation with links extending to Dubai, Cambodia, African nations, and Armenia. The investigation has led to 18 arrests across seven states and the seizure of \u20b994 crore from 90 bank accounts, highlighting significant regulatory enforcement against illicit gambling activities.","focusai_entities":"Shalini Agnihotri, Kangra Police, The Hindustan Times, Ludhiana Police","focusai_location":"India, Dubai, Cambodia, Armenia, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Kangra, Mohali, Dharamshala, Baijnath-Paprola, Ludhiana","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (1.0), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Cross-border Enforcement","query":"What specific international cooperation mechanisms are being leveraged by Indian authorities to dismantle the foreign components of this illicit betting network in Dubai, Cambodia, and Armenia?"},{"label":"Banking Sector Vulnerabilities","query":"How will this investigation into the fraudulent establishment of numerous bank accounts without knowledge impact KYC and AML protocols for financial institutions operating in affected Indian states?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16334],"tags":[23911],"class_list":["post-777008044","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\/777008044","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=777008044"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777008044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777008053,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777008044\/revisions\/777008053"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777008044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777008044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777008044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}