{"id":777009041,"date":"2023-09-07T07:51:26","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T10:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777009041"},"modified":"2026-04-22T18:18:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T21:18:35","slug":"india-10-arrested-for-alleged-illegal-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-10-arrested-for-alleged-illegal-gambling","title":{"rendered":"India: 10 arrested for alleged illegal gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ten people have been arrested in Ahmedabad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>India.-<strong> Gujarat Police <\/strong>have arrested 10 people over an alleged gambling operation in a residential complex in Ahmedabad. Police seized 12 mobile phones valued at over Rs 3 lakh, playing chips and cash amounting to Rs 43,330.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those arrested have been identified as Akash Desai (23), Gokul Desai (33), Aryan Bharwad (19), Ronit Chandra (19), Birju alias Vineet Bhavsar (31), Dharmik Mehta (22), Vinod Patel (36), Yash Vasita (24), Lalaji Patel (44), and Gangaram Patel (41).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police said the organisers would invite customers and provide them with playing chips valued at Rs 25,000. These could later be exchanged for cash. According to the Indian Express, the police operation was the result of a tipoff. Those arrested were granted bail. Two of the accused are reported to have disclosed the involvement of two additional people, Devendra alias Vipul Bharatbhai and Jigar Desai, who police are now seeking. The accused have been charged under sections 4 and 5 of the Public Gambling Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-2-arrested-for-alleged-illegal-gambling\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">India: 2 arrested for alleged illegal gambling<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ten people have been arrested in Ahmedabad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":15979,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Gujarat Police in Ahmedabad, India, have arrested ten individuals in connection with an alleged illegal gambling operation, seizing mobile phones, playing chips, and cash. The organizers reportedly provided customers with chips exchangeable for cash, and the accused have been charged under sections 4 and 5 of the Public Gambling Act. This incident highlights ongoing enforcement challenges against illicit gaming activities in the region.","focusai_entities":"Akash Desai, Gokul Desai, Aryan Bharwad, Ronit Chandra, Birju alias Vineet Bhavsar, Dharmik Mehta, Vinod Patel, Yash Vasita, Lalaji Patel, Gangaram Patel, Devendra alias Vipul Bharatbhai, Jigar Desai, Gujarat Police, Indian Express","focusai_location":"India, Ahmedabad","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.85), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on India iGaming?","query":"What are the broader implications of these arrests for the ongoing debate around iGaming regulation and market liberalization in India?"},{"label":"GGR diversion by illicit ops?","query":"How do such illicit operations impact the total addressable market and potential Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) for prospective licensed operators in the Indian market?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16334],"tags":[20326],"class_list":["post-777009041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-asia-news","tag-illegal-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777009041","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=777009041"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777009041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777009058,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777009041\/revisions\/777009058"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777009041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777009041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777009041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}