{"id":777047122,"date":"2026-09-08T10:23:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T13:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777047122"},"modified":"2026-09-08T11:40:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T14:40:44","slug":"22-arrested-in-manneguda-cockfighting-gambling-raid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/22-arrested-in-manneguda-cockfighting-gambling-raid","title":{"rendered":"22 arrested in Hyderabad cockfight and gambling raid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Police said the organisers allegedly brought bettors from Andhra Pradesh and other areas and arranged cockfighting alongside card gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

India.- Hyderabad police have arrested 22 people following a raid on an alleged cockfighting and gambling operation in Manneguda<\/strong>, where officers seized cash, fighting roosters, knives and vehicles. The commissioner\u2019s Task Force Shamshabad Zone Team<\/strong> conducted the operation with Adibatla Police<\/strong> at a premises behind the RTO office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police reported seizing Rs 3,60,510 (US$3,815) in cash, 31 live fighting cocks valued at about Rs 9.3 lakh (US$9,842), 146 cockfighting knives, 20 mobile phones and a score notebook. Three cars and three two-wheelers were also confiscated, taking the estimated value of the seized property to about Rs 35 lakh (US$37,040).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to police, the premises was an old poultry farm that had allegedly been used to rear cocks for fighting. Organisers are suspected f bringing bettors from Andhra Pradesh<\/strong> and other areas and arranging food and facilities for the gambling sessions. Card gambling was allegedly conducted alongside the cockfights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police said the alleged main organiser and the landowner were not found during the raid and remain at large. The 22 people apprehended and items seized were handed over to Adibatla Police for investigation and legal action.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Gujarat police raid alleged gambling venue in Ahmedabad<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Police said the organisers allegedly brought bettors from Andhra Pradesh and other areas and arranged cockfighting alongside card gambling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2395,"featured_media":777039718,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Hyderabad police conducted a raid on an alleged illegal cockfighting and card gambling operation in Manneguda, arresting 22 individuals and seizing significant assets including cash, fighting cocks, and vehicles. The operation highlights ongoing challenges in combating unregulated gambling activities, particularly those involving cross-state participation and substantial illicit financial flows. Organisers and the landowner remain at large.","focusai_entities":"Hyderabad police, Commissioner\u2019s Task Force Shamshabad Zone Team, Adibatla Police","focusai_location":"India, Hyderabad, Manneguda, Andhra Pradesh","focusai_target_profile":"regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.85), operator_casino (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.75), investor_analyst (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"India's Gambling Enforcement?","query":"What are the broader implications of this raid for the future of iGaming regulation and enforcement in India, particularly concerning cross-state illegal gambling operations and the potential for B2B\/B2C licensing frameworks?"},{"label":"Black Market Impact?","query":"How do persistent illegal gambling operations, such as this one, impact the potential for establishing a regulated iGaming market in India and what are the estimated GGR losses to the black market?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[154,16334],"tags":[229],"class_list":["post-777047122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legislation-news","category-south-asia-news","tag-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777047122","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=777047122"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777047122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777047145,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777047122\/revisions\/777047145"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777039718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777047122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777047122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777047122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}