Five arrested for betting on IPL match

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A betting network was busted and five persons were arrested in two separate raids in the city, police said on Monday.

The five accused were receiving bets on an IPL match played between Royal Challengers, Bangalore and Deccan Chargers, Hyderabad yesterday evening, police said.

Acting on a tip-off, Rajkot crime branch sleuths raided a house in Dholariya Nagar area of the city yesterday and arrested Sudhir Patel and Raju Sandhi while they were receiving bets.

In an another raid, three more persons -- Hitesh Solanki, Haresh Parmar and Karsan Zala -- were nabbed from Ring road area, they said.