Team Goemkarponn
AGACAIM: Agacaim Police have booked two persons for allegedly accepting matka gambling bets at Agacaim Market on Tuesday evening.
Police said the accused, Prakash Hirekurabar, 42, a resident of Moita, St Lourence, Tiswadi, was allegedly caught red-handed around 6.30 pm while soliciting and collecting matka bets by betting on numerical digits.
During the operation, police seized ₹990 in cash, along with two carbon papers, two paper slips and a ball pen from his possession. The seized items were attached under a panchanama.
In a separate action at the same location and time, police apprehended Mahmad Sadik Devihosur, 32, a resident of Agacaim Dandi and originally from Shiggaon, Haveri, Karnataka, for allegedly accepting matka bets.
Police seized ₹820 in cash, two carbon papers, two paper slips and a ball pen from Devihosur. The articles were also seized under a panchanama.
Both cases were registered following complaints lodged by LPSI Deepika Parwar and LPSI Raksha Naik of Agacaim Police Station on behalf of the State.
Further investigation in the respective cases is being conducted by LPSI Deepika Parwar and LPSI Raksha Naik.
