PUNE: In simultaneous raids on two flats in Rasta Peth and Market Yard, the police on Sunday arrested two men on the charge of accepting bets on the ongoing IPL matches.
“We will also probe if the arrested bookies had any links with their counterparts in the UAE and other countries,” Pune police chief Amitabh Gupta said.
In the Rasta Peth raid, the Pune police’s EOW arrested Ganesh Bhivraj Bhutada and recovered Rs92 lakh and cellphones, currency note counting machine, worth Rs65,000. In the other raid, the police nammbed Ashok Bhavarlal Jain and seized Rs 51,000 and a cellphone.
