{"id":777043032,"date":"2026-06-02T08:30:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T11:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777043032"},"modified":"2026-06-02T08:41:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T11:41:16","slug":"telangana-cid-arrests-11-in-dafabet-linked-online-betting-network-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/telangana-cid-arrests-11-in-dafabet-linked-online-betting-network-case","title":{"rendered":"Telangana CID arrests 11 allegedly linked to major online gambling network in India"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The alleged gambling network has been linked to 225 complaints and 73 registered cases across multiple states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

India.- The Telangana Crime Investigation Department (CID)<\/strong> has arrested 11 people in connection with an illegal online betting network allegedly linked to the international platform Dafabet<\/strong>. Those arrested include individuals from Gujarat, Delhi and Punjab, along with an Afghan national. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Six special teams were deployed to Delhi, Gujarat and Punjab, where the suspects were arrested after surveillance operations lasting around two week. During the raids, authorities seized three luxury vehicles, including BMW and Mercedes models, as well as eight laptops, two iPads, 26 mobile phones, five passports and \u20b93.21 lakh (US$3,370) in cash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The case began after a software engineer from Karimnagar, Challa Sai Krishna Reddy<\/strong>, reported losing about \u20b99.95 lakh (US$10,640) between January 2024 and January 2025 betting on cricket, casino games and Aviator. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CID later transferred the case to a Special Investigation Team (SIT)<\/strong> constituted by the state government to investigate illegal betting operations. The suspects allegedly used UPI, QR codes and internet banking to collect funds, while also using fake firms and mule accounts to route proceeds. Authorities traced 46 mule bank accounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to investigators, records from the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal linked the network to 225 complaints and 73 registered cases across multiple states, including Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Police arrest 24 allegedly linked to online betting operation in India<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The alleged gambling network has been linked to 225 complaints and 73 registered cases across multiple states.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2395,"featured_media":777036951,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Telangana CID has arrested 11 individuals, including an Afghan national, in connection with an alleged illegal online betting network linked to the international platform Dafabet. This operation, which utilized mule accounts and digital payment methods, is tied to 225 complaints and 73 registered cases across multiple Indian states, highlighting significant regulatory and compliance challenges within the market.","focusai_entities":"Telangana Crime Investigation Department (CID), Dafabet, Challa Sai Krishna Reddy, Special Investigation Team (SIT), National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal","focusai_location":"India, Telangana, Gujarat, Delhi, Punjab, Karimnagar, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"India Illegal Betting Crackdown","query":"What specific governance frameworks and inter-agency collaborations are being implemented by Indian authorities to combat the proliferation of illegal online betting networks, particularly those leveraging international platforms and sophisticated financial evasion tactics?"},{"label":"Dafabet Brand Impact","query":"What is the potential reputational and operational impact on Dafabet, an international iGaming brand, given its alleged link to this extensive illegal betting network in India, and what are the implications for its global B2C licensing and market access strategies?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[154,16334],"tags":[29,1897,233],"class_list":["post-777043032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legislation-news","category-south-asia-news","tag-casino","tag-igaming","tag-sports-betting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777043032","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\/2395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777043032"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777043032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777043046,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777043032\/revisions\/777043046"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777036951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777043032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777043032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777043032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}