Ahmedabad: City police on Saturday held a 36-year-old man from the Sardarnagar area of the city who was taking bets on the Australian 20-20 cricket tournament named Big Bash League (BBL) on his cellphone. He was arrested from a public garden in Pragatinagar.
According to a complaint filed with the Naranpura police station, cops got an input that a man was taking bets on an ongoing match between Sidney Sixers and Perth Scorchers on Saturday evening. Cops rushed to the spot and found the accused, identified as Haresh Thavrani, resident of Maharathi apartment in Sardarnagar.
Thavrani told the cops that he was given the betting ID by a man named Rahul from Delhi. He does not have much informatoin about him. Cops found cricket betting applications and websites on his phone. Police have seized three cellphones from Thavrani’s possession and have charged him under the prohibition of gambling act.
According to a complaint filed with the Naranpura police station, cops got an input that a man was taking bets on an ongoing match between Sidney Sixers and Perth Scorchers on Saturday evening. Cops rushed to the spot and found the accused, identified as Haresh Thavrani, resident of Maharathi apartment in Sardarnagar.
Thavrani told the cops that he was given the betting ID by a man named Rahul from Delhi. He does not have much informatoin about him. Cops found cricket betting applications and websites on his phone. Police have seized three cellphones from Thavrani’s possession and have charged him under the prohibition of gambling act.