Six arrested for betting on World Cup matches

Jabalpur, March 04: City police yesterday claimed to have busted a betting racket with the arrest of six persons from Phutatal area here.

Acting on a tip-off, police raided a house at Phutatal and arrested six persons including a local corporator’s brother Jagga Mehdele, while another accused and brother of a Congress MLA is absconding, police said.

Bets were being accepted on the ongoing World Cup matches and a large number of slips containing details of transactions worth Rs 22 lakh was recovered from them, they said.

Further investigations are on.

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