Crime: 9 arrested for IPL betting in Kolkata

Kolkata:Nine persons have been arrested

from different parts of Kolkata for allegedly betting on an Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket match, police said on Friday.

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Acting on a tip-off, sleuths of the Kolkata Police's detective department conducted raids in Hare Street, Park Street, Jadavpur and Salt Lake areas on Thursday night and arrested nine persons, mostly in their mid-20s, for allegedly betting on the previous day's IPL cricket match, a senior officer said.

Several documents, laptops, mobile phones, tablets and a vehicle have been seized from their possession, he said.

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"The matter is being probed and we are trying to find out whether the accused persons are involved in any inter- state betting racket," the officer said

The nine accused persons will be produced before a city court during the day, he added.(PTI)

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