{"id":777044830,"date":"2026-07-13T09:17:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T12:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777044830"},"modified":"2026-07-13T09:37:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T12:37:17","slug":"gurugram-police-arrest-18-in-farmhouse-gambling-raid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/gurugram-police-arrest-18-in-farmhouse-gambling-raid","title":{"rendered":"Indian police arrest 18 in farmhouse gambling raid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Officers in Haryana seized 1,295 casino chips, 260 playing cards and three gambling tables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>India.- Police in <strong>Gurugram<\/strong>, Haryana, have made 18 arrests in an operation against an alleged illegal gambling operation running from a farmhouse in the Bhondsi area. The Crime Branch carried out the operation at <strong>Golden Leaf Farm<\/strong> in Mahendwada yesterday, July 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officers said they found people allegedly organising and participating in gambling. They seized 1,295 casino chips, 260 playing cards and three tables. Police  registered a <strong>First Information Report (FIR)<\/strong> at Bhondsi Police Station following the raid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those arrested were identified as Mahesh alias Messi, Mayank, Suresh Kumar, Saurabh, Darshan Chaudhary, Ankit Adlakha, Sunil, Narendra, Mukul, Dinesh Singh, Vineet Taneja, Kailash, Saurabh Chugh, Vaibhav Tayal, Vishal Gandhi, Vikas, Bal Gopal and Krishna Taneja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Gurugram Police, background checks found that some of the suspects had previous criminal records. The investigation is ongoing to determine whether any additional individuals were involved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Officers in Haryana seized 1,295 casino chips, 260 playing cards and three gambling tables.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2395,"featured_media":777038694,"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 Gurugram, Haryana, India, dismantled an illegal gambling operation at a farmhouse, arresting 18 individuals. The raid resulted in the seizure of casino chips, playing cards, and gambling tables, highlighting ongoing enforcement efforts against illicit gaming activities in the region.","focusai_entities":"Mahesh alias Messi, Mayank, Suresh Kumar, Saurabh, Darshan Chaudhary, Ankit Adlakha, Sunil, Narendra, Mukul, Dinesh Singh, Vineet Taneja, Kailash, Saurabh Chugh, Vaibhav Tayal, Vishal Gandhi, Vikas, Bal Gopal, Krishna Taneja, Gurugram Police, Crime Branch","focusai_location":"India, Haryana, Gurugram, Bhondsi, Mahendwada","focusai_target_profile":"regulator (0.7), compliance_legal (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"India's Illegal Gambling Scope","query":"What is the estimated scale and economic impact of illegal gambling operations in India, and how do these enforcement actions contribute to broader market integrity?"},{"label":"Regulatory Enforcement Efficacy","query":"How do local police enforcement actions against illicit gambling operations integrate with broader state or national regulatory strategies for iGaming, particularly in jurisdictions considering legalization?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16334],"tags":[29,20326,58],"class_list":["post-777044830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-south-asia-news","tag-casino","tag-illegal-gambling","tag-india"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777044830","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=777044830"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777044830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777044844,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777044830\/revisions\/777044844"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777038694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777044830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777044830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777044830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}