4 bookies arrested with 10 lakh cash

Bilaspur. Bilaspur police has taken major action on Mahadev, Anna Reddy and online betting. Police arrested 4 accused and seized 10 lakh cash from them. 30 pieces of mobile phones, 10 laptops and 10 ATMs have also been seized from the accused. 12 crore 30 lakh rupees have been seized by holding more than 275 accounts.

The accused along with the bank employees used to open fake bank accounts in the name of people on the pretext of trading. Used to use these accounts in online betting. 24 such accounts were identified. To activate UPI in these fake accounts, they used to link fake SIM accounts with some mobile shop owners. 600 VIP mobile numbers related to Mahadev app platform have been identified, which will be deactivated.