NM Joshi Marg Police last week raided a five start hotel in Lower Parel and arrested 5 persons for allegedly accepting bets on Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 cricket matches.
According to various reports, police recovered Rs. 97,000, eight mobile phones, a laptop and an Audi car, worth a total of Rs.9 lakh from their possession.
As per Hindustan Times (HT) report, the arrested accused have been identified as Pravesh Rajesh Bafna, Chetan Lalchand Salecha, Ayushi Prasad Kesarkar, Kiran Kantilal Shah and Rajesh Amritlal Jain.
Senior inspector Pratap Bhosale of NM Joshi Marg police said: “During interrogation, we found that the accused were watching live cricket on lotusbook247.com and were allegedly found betting money on cricket players. The accused were found using illegal gambling websites to cheat people by accepting money and betting on IPL cricket matches,” as reported by HT.