The Cyberabad SOT east team today raided a flat in Vaibhav Apartment in APIIC Colony of Moula-Ali and apprehended two persons, who were conducting cricket betting by using Laptop, Tab, Mobile phones and seized Rs 12,82,000. They also seized two swords and an air gun from their possession. On their confession, the police arrested three collection agents and three punters and seized about Rs 1,60,000 from their possession.
According to the police, Shaik Mohammed Ghouse is main cricket bookie of Hyderabad city and running cricket betting since a long time during international cricket matches. Ghouse was running cricket betting at Moula Ali house since world cup cricket 2015 with the help of his sons — Mohammed Ali and Showkath Ali and four office assistants, who are also residing in Vaibhav Apartment S-1 portion.
The accused used to operate the betting through different websites and collecting money from the punters through his agents like J Srinivas, Sk Saleem , Balu and Yadagiri.
The punters used to contact office assistants Raju, Imran, Abdul and Praveen about the rating of the session over to over of the betting during the cricket match. The entire collected amount was kept with sons of the organizer. All the conversations with the punters about the rating of the betting are recorded in mobile phone and after the match the money will be distributed to the winners through the collection agents. Since the main cricket bookie Ghouse used to move in Maharastra and Goa to attract new punters to join in his line of betting group, most of their punters belong to Cyberabad and Hyderabad. Since beginning of the Cricket World Cup 2015, they started organizing on line cricket betting, the organizer is having his own group of punters.
It has come to light that most of the engineering graduates, businessman and small traders are being attracted to cricket betting and losing huge amounts. Some of the students resorted to thefts in their houses without the knowledge of their parents. Action will be initiated against the punters, who were betting amount with these bookies.
The police said the accused were keeping swords and air pistol with them to threaten the punters if they create nuisance after huge loss to them in cricket betting. The accused Ghouse has a luxurious flat at D.D Colony and one Guest house at Dammaiguda where betting took place earlier.
The operation was conducted by Inspectors V. Umender, B. Pushpan Kumar, Sub-Inspectors A. Ramulu, P. Anjaneyulu and staff under the supervision of E. Ramachandra Reddy, Addl DCP, SOT, Cyberabad. The good work done by the SOT is highly appreciated by the Commissioner of Police, Cyberabad and being rewarded suitably. (NSS)