India vs Bangladesh: Three Held From Eden for Betting by Telecast Lag

Kolkata: In a first, three spectators were arrested from the Eden Gardens on Saturday for running a cricket betting racket by watching live the ongoing day-night Test match between India and Bangladesh. Two others were later taken into custody based on the information provided by them, police said.

Acting on a source’s information regarding cricket betting, city police detective department’s anti-rowdy section kept prolonged watch on F1 and G1 blocks and arrested the three persons for engaging in cricket betting by seeing the live match and using the telecast lag.

“After prolonged watch they were able to identify and nab Sambhu Dayal, 40, Mukesh Gare, 46, and Chetan Sharma, 31, from G1 block for allegedly engaging in cricket betting using the betting app in their mobile phones.



“While Dayal is from the Chitore district of Rajasthan, Gare and Sharma come from the districts of Indore and Guna, respectively, in Madhya Pradesh,” said Murlidhar Sharma, joint commissioner of the city’s police, Crime.

Ten mobile phones and four devices were confiscated.

According to his statement, two other residents of Rajasthan, Abhishek Suwalka, 35, and Ayub Ali, 44, were trapped in a hotel south of Calcutta’s Sudder Street, where they had boarded.

“They were operating a cricket betting racket using their mobile phones. Six mobile phones and a laptop were seized from their possession,” Sharma said.

A total cash of Rs. 1.4 Lakh was seized from the five people arrested.

A specific case under sections 120B (criminal conspiracy) and 420 (trap) of the Criminal Code of India and relevant sections of the West Bengal Gambling Law has been registered at the Maidan police station.