4 arrested for betting during England ODI
The Crime Branch of Delhi police has arrested four persons for their alleged involvement in betting on cricket matches. The police said that the accused were involved in betting of `1 crore and 35 lakhs on the recent India-England one day match at Ferozeshah Kotla Stadium in Delhi. All of the accused were
apprehended from the Buddh Vihar area of Delhi on Tuesday.
“We got specific information about the betting syndicate on the day of the match. This information was further developed and while the cricket match was on, after observing all codal and legal formalities, a raid was conducted in a house at Budh Vihar, Delhi. Four persons were apprehended. They are identified as Deepak Mukhija, 39, Punit Madan, 29, Parmod Jain, 44, and Sunil Kumar, 33,” said a senior police official adding that two Laptops, one TV, 27 mobile phones, three dabba (used for betting purpose) phones, two data cards, two calculators and eight note books. They had received bets from the punters to the tune of `1.35 crores.
“The modus operandi of the betting is that the rate of the odds between the two cricket playing teams originate from outside India. On the basis of that, the bets are taken during the match. After the match is over, profit and loses are calculated by specifically-generated software known as ‘Back ‘N’ Lay PRO’. The rates keep fluctuating with the fall of wickets and the runs scored,” the official said, adding that, they used the laptops for data entry and management.
The mobile phones are used for getting the rates of the odds on the match and for taking bets from the punters.
The recording facility on the mobile phone is used for keeping records of the bets placed by the punters. One set of mobile phones is specifically used for receiving the rates of betting, which fluctuates ball by ball.
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