{"id":777011450,"date":"2023-11-27T05:24:56","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T08:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777011450"},"modified":"2026-04-22T15:13:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T18:13:14","slug":"india-6-arrested-for-alleged-illegal-gambling-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-6-arrested-for-alleged-illegal-gambling-2","title":{"rendered":"India: 6 arrested in Jharkhand for alleged illegal gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Those arrested include police officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>India.- Police have arrested six for alleged illegal gambling in the Gonda area of Jharkhand&#8217;s capital, <strong>Ranchi<\/strong>. Those arrested include police officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to BJP state president\u00a0<strong>Babulal Marandi<\/strong>, police stationed at CM Hemant Soren&#8217;s residence may also were involved. Some Rs 5 lakh was seized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a tweet, Marandi said: &#8220;In a state where the head of the state is engaged in theft and embezzlement from morning till night, the people working right under his nose keep getting such &#8216;oxygen to commit crimes&#8217; when the boss is the one who deals with the state every day. Why would the disciples step back if they gambled? At the same time, it is also important to find out where the money earned from this gambling goes.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:&nbsp;<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-police-raid-cricket-betting-operations-in-hyderabad\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">India: police raid cricket betting operations in Hyderabad<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Those arrested include police officers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26497,"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 Ranchi, India, have arrested six individuals, including police officers, for alleged illegal gambling, seizing Rs 5 lakh. Political figures allege broader law enforcement involvement, raising significant concerns about corruption and the integrity of efforts to combat illicit gaming operations within the state.","focusai_entities":"Babulal Marandi, Hemant Soren, BJP, Police","focusai_location":"India, Ranchi, Gonda, Hyderabad","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact of Police Involvement?","query":"What are the broader implications of alleged police involvement in illicit gambling operations for India's regulatory reform efforts and the integrity of its gaming verticals?"},{"label":"Illicit Market GGR Comparison?","query":"How does the reported seizure of funds from illegal gambling in Jharkhand compare to the estimated Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) of the illicit market in India, and what does this indicate about enforcement efficacy?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439],"tags":[20326],"class_list":["post-777011450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","tag-illegal-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777011450","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=777011450"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777011450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777040892,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777011450\/revisions\/777040892"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777011450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777011450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777011450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}