Cricket betting racket busted in Hyderabad, four held

Hyderabad: A cricket betting racket has been busted with the arrest of four people here, police said on Wednesday.

Sleuths of the Commissioner’s Task Force arrested T. Satya Prakash Singh while he was accepting bets for the third Test match between India and Sri Lanka which concluded on Tuesday.

Three bet collection agents — Amin Madhani, Miran Barde and Sahil Nurani — were also arrested.

A set top box, a router, eight mobile phones and cash amounting to Rs.27,000 were seized from the accused.

Police said a raid was conducted in an area under the jurisdiction of Langar House police station. Satya Prakash was running the racket from his house in Prashanth Nagar.

–IANS