{"id":777014383,"date":"2024-04-02T09:54:04","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T12:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777014383"},"modified":"2026-04-22T11:35:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T14:35:42","slug":"india-2-arrested-for-alleged-betting-on-cricket-matches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-2-arrested-for-alleged-betting-on-cricket-matches","title":{"rendered":"India: 2 arrested for alleged betting on cricket matches"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Two people allegedly placed online bets during an IPL match in Ahmedabad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>India.- Two people have been arrested for\u00a0allegedly betting on mobile phones during an Indian Premier League (IPL) match\u00a0between Gujarat Titans and Sunrise Hyderabad at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. Shubham Kaushikbhai Parmar, 28, and Priyank Narendrabhai Darji, 34, were arrested by the Chandkheda Police Station Surveillance team.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to The Indian Express, the arrests took place in the Presidential Gallery, the only area in the stadium with internet access. Both were arrested under section 12(a) of the Gambling Act, and the case has been transferred to the Ahmedabad Cybercrime branch for further investigation.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:&nbsp;<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/indian-police-make-arrests-for-cricket-betting-in-ludhiana\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Indian police make arrests for cricket betting in Ludhiana<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two people allegedly placed online bets during an IPL match in Ahmedabad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":18986,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Two individuals were arrested for allegedly placing online bets during an IPL match in Ahmedabad, India. The arrests, made under Section 12(a) of the Gambling Act, occurred in the Narendra Modi Stadium's Presidential Gallery, an area with internet access, and the case has been transferred to the Ahmedabad Cybercrime branch for further investigation.","focusai_entities":"Shubham Kaushikbhai Parmar, Priyank Narendrabhai Darji, Gujarat Titans, Sunrise Hyderabad, Chandkheda Police Station Surveillance team, Ahmedabad Cybercrime branch, The Indian Express","focusai_location":"India, Ahmedabad, Ludhiana","focusai_target_profile":"regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (0.7), gambler_consumer (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"India Betting Enforcement","query":"What are the broader implications of these arrests for the potential future regulation of online sports betting in India, and how might such enforcement actions influence the grey market's operational dynamics?"},{"label":"Cybercrime Role","query":"Given the transfer to the Ahmedabad Cybercrime branch, what specific digital forensics and investigative capabilities are being deployed to combat online betting, and how effective are these in deterring such activities?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[20326],"class_list":["post-777014383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-illegal-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014383","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=777014383"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777014414,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014383\/revisions\/777014414"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777014383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777014383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777014383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}