{"id":777019061,"date":"2024-09-16T09:48:58","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T12:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777019061"},"modified":"2026-04-22T06:06:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T09:06:49","slug":"india-34-arrested-for-alleged-illegal-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-34-arrested-for-alleged-illegal-gambling","title":{"rendered":"India: 34 arrested for alleged illegal gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Police carried out a raid in Ghodapdev, Byculla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>India.- Police in Mumbai have raided an industrial corporation&#8217;s warehouse in Ghodapdev, Byculla, following complaints of illegal gambling. They arrested 34 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to officers, four of those arrested were running gambling while eight people were working and the others were playing teen patti. Police seized 14.61 lakh cash (US$17,418) and a box containing 12 cards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Byculla police station registered the case under section 4(a), 5 of the Mumbai Gambling Prevention Act. The accused were transferred to the Byculla police station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also: <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-maintains-28-goods-and-service-tax-on-online-gambling\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">India maintains 28% goods and service tax on online gambling<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A week ago police in Hyderabad arrested 22 people, aged between 27 and 50 for alleged involvement in illegal gambling. According to The Siasat Daily, 21 of those arrested were gambling while one, Shaik Mohammed Khadeer, was allegedly running the illegal operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-14-arrested-for-alleged-illegal-gambling-3\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">India: 14 arrested for alleged illegal gambling<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police carried out a raid in Ghodapdev, Byculla.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":777011924,"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 law enforcement agencies have conducted multiple raids on illegal gambling operations in Mumbai and Hyderabad, resulting in the arrest of 56 individuals and the seizure of significant cash. These actions underscore the persistent regulatory challenges and enforcement efforts against unlicensed gaming activities within the Indian market, despite the recent implementation of a 28% Goods and Services Tax on online gambling.","focusai_entities":"Shaik Mohammed Khadeer, Mumbai Police, Byculla Police, The Siasat Daily","focusai_location":"India, Mumbai, Ghodapdev, Byculla, Hyderabad","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.85), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"India's Regulatory Stance","query":"How do these ongoing enforcement actions against illegal gambling operations in India influence the perception and potential timeline for a more comprehensive and federally regulated iGaming framework, particularly in light of the 28% GST on online gambling?"},{"label":"Impact on Legal Operators","query":"What is the estimated financial and market share impact of pervasive illegal gambling operations on prospective or existing licensed iGaming operators considering or operating within the Indian market?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16334],"tags":[20326],"class_list":["post-777019061","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\/777019061","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=777019061"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777019061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777019077,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777019061\/revisions\/777019077"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777011924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777019061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777019061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777019061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}