Goemkarponn desk
PORVORIM: The North Goa District Intelligence Unit today has busted an IPL betting racket at Porvorim and arrested three persons.
As per information, the police during the raid seized 55 mobile phones, 10 laptops and other articles worth Rs 55 lakhs.
The accused were caught red-handed while accepting online bets using a laptop, pertaining to the ongoing T-20 IPL cricket match played between Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
Sources also said that the accused were found cheating the public by impersonating themselves as a legal organisation to accept online betting,
At the time when the police team raided the apartment, the suspects were receiving bets on IPL matches on phone-based betting applications
An offence under sections 3 & 4 of the GDDPG Act, section 66-D of the IT Act and section 420 of IPC has been registered. Further investigation of the case is in progress.
