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Bhilwara cops arrest 5 for online betting, money laundering
Bhilwara: The Bhilwara DST, cyber, and sadar police station conducted a joint operation Friday, arresting five persons involved in creating betting IDs on an online website for gambling in the Sadar police station area.
The police suspects that these activities might be linked to money laundering from abroad, drug financing, land mafia operations, and possibly even terrorist activities. The arrested individuals are being interrogated on all these aspects.
Bhilwara SP Dharmendra Singh Yadav stated that a special campaign is being run to curb illegal gambling and betting in the district. Under the supervision of Bhilwara ASP Parasmal Jain and Sadar DySP Shyam Sundar Bishnoi, a special team was formed, led by Cyber Cell, DST, and Sadar police station in charge Kailash Kumar.
The team received information about two persons in the Sadar police station area placing bets on cricket matches via an online website on their mobile phones.
Acting on this information, the police detained Vinod Kumar (30), from Harni Kala village in Bhilwara, and upon analysing his mobile phone, found evidence of betting transactions worth approximately Rs. 65 lakh.
Similarly, another accomplice, Gopal Das Ghirwani (35) from Azad Nagar in Bhilwara, was also detained.
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His mobile phone analysis revealed betting transactions worth around Rs 25 lakh. Consequently, both were arrested along with their associates, Manish Bhadada (49), Deepak Bhadada (45), and Bhagwati Lal Jat (35), and they are being questioned.
SP Dharmendra Singh Yadav said that a transaction of Rs 90 lakh was discovered from the five arrested related to online gaming and betting. Their bank details, communication records, and property lists are being examined, and action under section 107 of BNS is being taken.
The arrested individuals have connections abroad, involving money laundering, drug financing, and links with loan sharks. It is suspected that their activities might extend to terrorist activities, and a thorough investigation is underway.
