Six bookies arrested for betting on Pakistan-Canada match

Six persons have been arrested for placing bets on the Pakistan-Canada World Cup match, police said on Thursday.

On a tip-off, the police raided an office on Omkar road and arrested the accused while they were betting on the match. A cash of over Rs one lakh, a television set and over two dozen mobile handsets were recovered from them, police said.

The accused have been identified as Arun Nautiyal, Kamal Kothiyal, Rajendra Bist, Sanjay Anand, Sanjay Verma and Ajay Gupta, all residents of Dehra Dun.

This is the second such raid conducted by the district police in a gap of four days to bust betting rackets during the World Cup matches. 46-year-old Pramod Kumar Jain, a resident of Khurbura, was arrested when he was found betting for India-England cricket match on Feb 27.

Dehra Dun Senior Superintendent of Police G S Martolia said the police have been asked to keep a tight vigil on betting and other such illegal activities in the wake of the World Cup season.