6 bookies from Chhattisgarh caught with inter-state bookies gang
Jabalpur. It has also come to light that bookies have contacts with Maharashtra. The police arrested 11 bookies and took action against them under the Betting Act. In the press conference held in the police control room, police officials said that the raid was conducted on the information of betting taking place in the parking lot of Sukhsagar Lifestyle Apartment located on Lalpur Road. The police laid siege and arrested 11 people. On checking the mobile’s WhatsApp chat, information was received about the client asking for login ID and password of a website to earn money by playing online games. On enquiry, the bookies told that they receive ID password request from clients through WhatsApp and give them the website ID password in exchange of money.
After receiving the ID password the client plays the game of his choice. After deducting the commission from the amount received daily, they give the amount to Deepesh Dhanwani online or in cash. Deepesh Dhanwani gives 15 thousand to 20 thousand rupees per month as wages. The accused told that their manager Deepesh Dhanwani works in Shivhare Apartment located in Madanmahal to assist him along with his other associates. After interrogation, the police raided Deepesh Dhanwani’s Shivhare apartment and arrested Deepesh Dhanwani, resident of Main Road Fafardi Naka Raipur Chhattisgarh, current address is Shivhare Apartment Madanmahal. On interrogation, Deepesh admitted to playing online betting with others, Deepesh Dhanwani and his other associates have been taken into custody. Station in-charge Gwarighat Saktu Ram Maravi, SI Umang Aggarwal, Uttam Yadav, Umesh Shukla, Tarun Mishra, Sandeep Pandey, Pradeep Thakur, Mukesh Masram, Vikram Raghuvanshi have played a notable role in catching bookies. Police have recovered more than 5 dozen ATMs of different banks from the speculators. Some ATM cards have names on them, but some are without names. Police is finding out who is the real holder of the issued ATM. Police is collecting complete information about how many transactions have taken place through ATMs.
These bookies were arrested-
Police arrested Deepesh Dhanwani resident of police station Devendra Nagar, Raipur Chhattisgarh, Rohit Balecha resident of police station Telibanda Raipur, Karan Peshwani resident of police station Pandari Raipur, Vijay Thavarani Raipur, Mohit Vairagade Raipur, Rohit Kasturia Raipur, Dilip Kumar Mehta resident of police station Abhava, Rajauli district Nawada, Bihar. , Amarjeet Ram resident of district Darbhanga Bihar, Lal Kishore Ram resident of Baheri district Darbhanga, Virendra Kumar Singh resident of district Dhanbad Jharkhand and Rahul Kumar Verma resident of Dhanbad Jharkhand have been arrested.
Raids in Chhattisgarh, bookies fleeing to other districts-
The bookies of Mahadev Satta have kept the police sleepless for the last few months. Police of different districts of Chhattisgarh have taken continuous action and demolished the panel of Mahadev Book Satta App, despite this the betting business is continuously flourishing. The kingpin of Mahadev Satta is sitting in Dubai and doing business with complete planning. Due to the ongoing action in Chhattisgarh, speculators are leaving the district and state and making their bases here and there.
