India/West Indies Betting Racket Busted
Sat, Oct 12, '02
Police in New Delhi claimed to have busted a big betting racket
on the first cricket match of the Exide Test Series between India
and West Indies and four persons have been arrested.
Acting on a tip off, police raided a house in the Govindpura area
of East Delhi today and seized two briefcase recorders containing
mobile phones, chargers and walkman, police said in New Delhi.
They also seized two calculators, one pager and four registers
from their possession. Explaining the modus operandi, police said
orders made through mobile phones were recorder by the walkman.
The pager used to provide them with the trends of the match, police
said adding the accused normally paid Rs 1000 to the mail operator
for providing a specific information.
However, no money transaction was made on the day of the match
fearing police action, they said.
The arrested have been identified as Ramesh Chand Grover, Tarun
Kumar, Anil Kumar and Mukesh Kumar, all residents of Delhi. So far
the accused had registered entries of Rs 24 lakh, police added.
* Taken from news wire reports.