Kolkata, Vikas Kumar Gupta: An accused named Sameer Khan was caught red-handed while betting in the stadium during the Pakistan-Bangladesh match at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal. After the ICC Anti Corruption Committee team got information about this, Sameer was handed over to the police of Maidan police station. The arrested accused is a resident of Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. Meanwhile, in this case, Kolkata Police’s Joint Commissioner (Crime) Shankha Shubhra Chakraborty said that after taking him into custody, when the police team started interrogating Sameer, it came to light that he was not alone in the betting gang. His two other companions are betting by taking rooms on rent in two hotels of the city. After getting this information from Sameer, police raided two hotels in Park Street and Hare Street area. Meanwhile, another member named Manish has been arrested from a famous hotel in Park Street. After interrogating him, Delhi resident Ashish Batra was arrested from a hotel in Hare Street area. Laptops and betting related paraphernalia were seized from them. All three on Wednesday Kolkata When produced in Bankshall Court, the accused were directed to be sent to police custody till November 6.
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Were betting on the match being played between Pakistan and Bangladesh
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ICC’s anti-corruption team caught one and handed him over to Maidan police station.
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After interrogating the accused, the police also arrested his two associates from two other hotels in the metropolis.
Betting is happening in every match of the World Cup
Police say that the accused told during preliminary interrogation that they used to bet in every match of World Cup cricket. In all the cities where cricket matches were held, these gangs used to go there a day or two before, take a hotel room on rent and start betting. In this way he was doing betting business. After interrogating the arrested accused, efforts are being made to reach out to their other associates.