Kolkata, Nov 16 (IANS) The Kolkata Police, on Sunday, arrested three youths for allegedly running a betting racket during the India-South Africa Test match at the Eden Gardens, officials said.\n<\/p>\n
The names of the arrested youths are Altaf Khan, Ankush Raj and Patel Pinkal Kumar.<\/p>\n
The police said that the accused trio hail from Maharashtra, Bihar and Gujarat respectively.<\/p>\n
It is alleged that the accused came from other states and were running a betting racket during the test match.<\/p>\n
The India-South Africa Test match at the Eden Gardens ended on Sunday afternoon, on day three of the five-day match.<\/p>\n
According to police sources, during the second day of play on Saturday, a few people were sitting at the Eden Gardens stadium and betting through mobile phones.<\/p>\n
The police received the information through confidential sources.<\/p>\n
Based on that information, a team of officers from the Kolkata Police\u2019s anti-rowdy squad and the Intelligence Department discreetly raided the Eden Gardens on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The police had information that a few people were running this betting racket sitting in the \u2018F1\u2019 block of the stadium gallery.<\/p>\n
The police searched that block and arrested three persons.<\/p>\n
According to the police sources, they were running betting racket using several apps on their mobile phones.<\/p>\n
It is alleged that the gang was using some apps like \u2018BR365\u2019, \u2018R777\u2019, \u20181xbook\u2019 for operating the betting racket.<\/p>\n
Although three accused have been arrested in the incident, officials suspect that several more people may be involved in the betting racket.<\/p>\n
Among the arrested, Altaf\u2019s house is in Maharashtra, Ankush is a resident of Bihar and Patel is from Gujarat.<\/p>\n
Police said that the arrested people used to run betting racket by roaming around different cities of the country during cricket matches.<\/p>\n
The police officers have already confiscated mobile phones from those arrested youths on suspicion of involvement in the betting racket.<\/p>\n
They have come across several suspicious transactions and screenshots of transactions on that mobile phone.<\/p>\n
After the initial questioning, the police arrested the three youths by filing an FIR at the Maidan Police Station.<\/p>\n
\u2013IANS<\/p>\n
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