06/04/2022
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online cricket betting racket busted by special operations team, lb nagar zone, rachakonda – 07 held –property seized all w/rs.56 lakhs.
On a tip off, the Sleuths of Special Operations Team, LB Nagar Zone Team, Rachakonda, conducted raid at Plot No. 30, Satya Nagar Colony, under the limits of Vanasthalipuram Police Station, busted an IPL cricket betting racket and apprehended 07-accused persons and seized net cash of Rs.11,80,000/- and found Rs.31,17,576/- in two AXIS Bank & ICICI accounts belongs to main bookie Ch. Sai Ram Varma and Roman Cathlist Kulamdai Swamy, One Laptop, Nine Mobile phones and other incriminating material, from their possession.
Cr. No.441/2022 U/s. 3 & 4 of TS Gaming act OF vanasthalipuram PS of rachakonda police commissionerate.
The details of the accused persons:-
1:Tanniru Nagaraju S/o S***a Rao, age: 38 yrs Occ: Business, R/o. Fat No. 357, Road No. 8, Vaidehi Nagar, Vanasthalipuram. N/o. Oguru (V), Kandukur (M), Prakasham district, Andhra Pradesh. (Main Organizer-Bookie)
2:Gundu Kishore S/o late Venkateshwar Rao, age: 39 yrs Occ: Business, R/o Flat No. 357, Road No. 8, Vaidehi Nagar, Vanasthalipuram, N/o. Chinthakuntapalem (V), Machilipatnam (M), Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh. (Line Operator)
3:Thanniru Ashok S/o Srinu, age: 31 yrs Occ: Builder, R/o. Bhagath Singh Nagar, Saroor Nagar. N/o. Singaraikonda (V&M), Prakasham district, Andhra Pradesh. (Sub Bookie)
4:Chemmeti Vinod S/o late Rathnam, age: 26 yrs Occ: Student, R/o. Plot No. 30, Satya Sai Nagar, Near Kappala Cheruvu, Vanasthalipuram. N/o. Singaraikonda (V&M), Prakasham district, Andhra Pradesh. (Sub Bookie)
5:Kotla Dinesh Bhargav S/o Mallesh, age: 33 yrs Occ: Business, R/o. H.No.1-5-458/C, Phanigiri Colony, Chaithanyapuri. (Punter)
6:Medishetty Kishore S/o late Venkaiah, age: 36 yrs Occ: Business, R/o. Sowbhagyapuram Colony, Kothapet. N/o. Mall, Yacharam. (Punter)
7:Bojana Raju S/o Ananthaiah, age: 33 yrs Occ: Driver, R/o. H.No.6-118, Janwada, Shankarpally, Ranga Reddy district. (Punter)
8:Ch. Sai Ram Varma (Bookie- Absconding)
9:Roman Chathlist Kulamdai Swamy (Absconding)
SEIZED MATERIAL:
HP Laptop-01 Nos
Net Cash Rs. 11,80,000/-
Amount freezed in (03) Banks Rs. 31,17,576/-
Two Axis Bank A/c belongs to Ch. Sai Ram Varma
One ICICI Bank A/c belongs to Roman Chathlist Kulamdai Swamy
Maruthi S-Cross Br. No. TS-07-HV-7309
Honda Activa Br. No. TS-07-HQ-0059
Hero Glamour Br. No. TS-07-GJ-3089
Mobile Phones-09 Nos.
All property W/Rs.56,00,000/- (Fifty Six Lakh Rupees only)
During the interrogation, the accused Tanniru Nagaraju is R/o Vaidehi Nagar, Vanasthalipuram who is bookie addicted to betting and earning easy money by organizing and accepting cricket betting’s in Hyderabad during IPL cricket match season. Ch. Sai Ram Varma who is the main bookie has so many sub-bookies like Tanniru Nagaraju in Twin cities. Tanniru Nagarju receives cricket betting rates from Ch. Sai Ram Varma to his line number and he informs the same to his punters. He made a setup of 3-line numbers. After completion of match Tanniru Nagaraju collects and distributes the winning and losing amounts through one Gundu Kishore, whom he appointed as accountant. Some of his customers/punters used to send money to various bank accounts through Paytm, Net Banking, etc. Tanniru Nagaraju was earlier arrested by Vanasthalipuram police in a similar case in the year 2016.
The accused Tanniru Nagaraju confessed that, he and his common friend Gundu Kishore both are having good experience in running and accepting Cricket betting during cricket matches, Tanniru Nagaraju secured the presenece of Gundu Kishore from Machilipatnam to Hyderabad for operating computer during this IPL season for two months and offered to pay an amount Rs.50,000/- per month. Tanniru Ashok and Chemmeti Vinod are the distant relatives of Tanniru Nagaraju, on the request of Tanniru Nagaraju they are working as sub-bookie and the entire setup was established at the house of Chemmeti Vinod.
MODUS OPERANDI: -
The accused revealed that the bookies arranged telephonic lines using connections and they give line numbers to the punters. The betting starts after the first ball of first over and goes on till the last ball, it fluctuates depending up on the situation of match. The punters make calls to the bookies while the match is running and place their betting. While placing betting, Bookies note down the details of betting and punter and the conversation will also automatically get recorded. After completion of match, bookies inform to their collection agents about the details of collection and distribution of amount that how much amount has to collect from a particular punter and how much amount has to give.
Based on that information the collection agents collect the money from losers and distribute the money to winners and the remaining amount i.e., profit will be given to Bookie. Sometimes punters directly send money to the Bookies to their bank accounts using Paytm, Net Banking, etc. Main bookie gives 3% to sub bookies in overall profits.
Subsequently, on 05-04-2022 at 20:15 hrs, on credible information the sleuths of SOT, LB Nagar Zone Team along with Vanasthalipuram police conducted raid over Plot No. 30, Satya Nagar Colony and apprehended the respondents R1 to R7 who are accepting cricket betting during Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 13th Match over cell phones for ongoing IPL Cricket matches from the known punters and his close friends in an organized manner and earning money illegally.
The above arrests were made under the direct supervision of Sri Mahesh M Bhagwat, IPS., Commissioner of Police, Rachakonda, Sri G. Sudheer Babu, IPS, Addl. Commissioner of Police, Rachakonda, Sunpreeth Singh, IPS., Dy. Commissioner of Police, LB Nagar Zone and Sri K. Muralidhar, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Special Operations Team, Rachakonda, Sri K. Purushotham Reddy, Asst. Commissioner of Police, Vanasthalipuram Division, by Sri B. Anji Reddy, Inspector of Police, SOT-LB Nagar Zone, Sri K. Satyanarayana, Inspector of Police, Vanasthalipuram police station, Sub-Inspectors Sri Md. Thakiuddin, AA Raju, K. Prathap Reddy and staff of SOT, LB Nagar zone, Rachakonda.
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