Delhi: Police bust IPL betting racket, two arrested

Delhi Police have busted a cricket betting racket on Indian Premier League (IPL) matches in Greater Kailash-1 area and arrested two persons.

The Police have also recovered a TV, mobile phones and laptop from their possession, an official said on Saturday.

According to the police, the two people accused have been identified as Mohit Verma(27) and Deepak Kumar(27). Both the persons are residents of Delhi's Sangam Vihar.

The accused used the ZOOM app on a LED TV, wherein the live rate of betting on the match that the other player s offered was displayed.

During the interrogation, the police found out that the accused were using WMC application on the laptop for betting related assistance.

The raid was conducted on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday and the two accused were caught betting during the match between Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad.

"At about 10 pm, a raid was conducted after complying with all the legal aspects at the given address with raiding staff duly deployed accordignly nearby the given address to prevent the escape of the offenders," the police said.

"During sustained interrogation, one of the accused admitted that he had taken the said premises, House No. 11, servant quarters on the second Floor, Hemkunt Colony, Greater Kailash-I, New Delhi, on rent for Rs 27,000 per month with his partner," said Atul Thakur, DCP South Delhi.

The police also underlined that the applications were being run through the internet with the help of a wireless internet router.