Published: Aug 01, 2013, 01:53 PM (IST)
Edited: Aug 01, 2013, 01:53 PM (IST)
Police in Goa have arrested bookies, who were involved in betting during the Sri Lanka’s fifth ODI against South Africa ODI in Colombo © AFP
Panaji: Aug 1, 2013
The Goa Police have arrested three Mumbai-based bookies for betting during Sri Lanka‘s fifth One-Day International (ODI) against South Africa played in Colombo on Wednesday.
Police said the bookies — Hitesh Jatakia, Sunil Shukla and Hitesh Desai — are from the Dahisar suburb of Mumbai and were staying at a hotel near Panaji for the entire series.
A laptop, more than 16 mobile phones and some cash were recovered from their hotel room during the raid late on Wednesday, a police spokesperson said.
“They have been arrested under the Goa Daman and Diu Public Gambling Act, 1976,” he said.
In May, the state police, on a tip-off from their Delhi counterparts, had arrested six bookies for betting on the Indian Premier League matches.
