Kanpur police on Friday busted a gambling racket and arrested 7 persons from the gang while the gang leaders managed to escape.
According to the police, the gamblers were placing bets as to when would the examinations for JEE and NEET would be conducted.
Amidst opposition from student community due to spread of corona virus the National Testing Agency (NTA) has scheduled to conduct the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Undergraduate) 2020 (NEET) on September 13 and Joint Entrance Examination Main (JEE) on September 1-6.
With several examinations still getting postponed, it has to be seen whether these exams would be conducted on the scheduled dates.
It was also stated by the authorities that the gambling racket was involved in placing bets in Sensex and other markets.
Superintendent of Kanpur Police (South) Deepak Bhuker, addressed the media and stated that “We have busted a betting-gambling racket and arrested 7 people on Friday. We have recovered Rs 38.25 Lakhs cash, 10 mobile phones and register from their repossession. Racket’s kingpin managed to escape. It was found that they were also placing bets on NEET-JEE exams -if exams will be held or not”.
He further added “They used to place bets on the last two digits of closing and opening of the market. Racket`s kingpin Santosh Soni managed to escape. He used to run the racket through WhatsApp. They were into this for the past 4 years. We are also checking their call detail record (CDR) for further investigation”.