{"id":777033318,"date":"2025-10-20T08:56:38","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T11:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777033318"},"modified":"2026-04-21T18:01:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T21:01:55","slug":"puri-police-make-over-20-more-arrests-for-alleged-illegal-gambling-under-operation-chakra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/puri-police-make-over-20-more-arrests-for-alleged-illegal-gambling-under-operation-chakra","title":{"rendered":"Puri Police make over 20 more arrests for alleged illegal gambling under Operation Chakra"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Two more raids have been carried out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

India.- Police in Puri have carried out a series of raids resulting in more than 20 arrests and the seizure of over INR860,000 (US$9,770) in cash under the ongoing Operation Chakra. One operation saw a raid in Khadipada village under the jurisdiction of Puri Sadar police station. Some 14 peolpe were detained and INR770,000 (US$8,700) seized along with 12 packs of playing cards, 60 plastic tokens, two cars, and six motorcycles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The raid followed a tip-off. \u201cWe are committed to dismantling such illegal setups and ensuring public safety,\u201d said superintendent Prateek Singh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Days earlier, six gamblers were arrested in raid conducted at a hotel under Sea Beach police station, where officers confiscated INR90,000 (US$1,022) in cash and gambling paraphernalia. According to officials, nearly 80 people have been arrested so far under Operation Chakra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police have urged residents to report gambling activities by calling 112 or contacting local authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n

\n\t\t\tSee also:<\/span><\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Indian ED seizes 40kg of gold in illegal online betting probe<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Two more raids have been carried out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":680,"featured_media":777033321,"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 Puri, India, conducted multiple raids under \"Operation Chakra,\" leading to over 20 arrests and the seizure of approximately INR860,000 in cash and gambling paraphernalia. These enforcement actions, part of a broader crackdown that has seen 80 arrests, target illegal gambling setups to ensure public safety and regulatory compliance.","focusai_entities":"Prateek Singh, Puri Sadar police station, Sea Beach police station","focusai_location":"India, Puri, Khadipada village","focusai_target_profile":"regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Illegal Market","query":"What is the estimated GGR of the illegal gambling market in Puri, and how do these enforcement actions impact its overall scale and operational resilience?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Gaps","query":"Do these repeated raids indicate a need for more comprehensive regulatory frameworks or enhanced B2C licensing enforcement to channel demand into a regulated market in India?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16334],"tags":[20326,58,24946],"class_list":["post-777033318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-asia-news","tag-illegal-gambling","tag-india","tag-operation-chakra"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777033318","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\/680"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777033318"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777033318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777033369,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777033318\/revisions\/777033369"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777033321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777033318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777033318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777033318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}