Vijayawada, February 28: A Task Force team, led by inspectors K Govindaraju and G Ramakrishna, busted a cricket betting racket by conducting a raid at Madhuranagar yesterday.
Five persons were arrested for organising cricket betting for the world cup matches. A sum of Rs 2.1 lakh, a laptop, a colour TV, 12 mobile phones, an amplifier and bookies’ sheets were seized from them.
Disclosing this to newsmen, DCP M Ravindranath Babu said Chimmiri Rangarao of Madhuranagar was running the racket with the help of Juluri Veeranjaneyulu.
Vakkalagadda Ranjit Kumar, K Mahanti Satyanarayana of Wynchipet and Gundu Jitendra of Mallikharjunapet. All the 5 were held.
—Agencies