Panaji: Goa police’s crime branch on Sunday busted an alleged cricket betting racket, arrested four people, and seized electronic items worth Rs 2 lakh.Crime branch SP Rahul Gupta said that police received reliable information that illegal online betting on a live India A vs Sri Lanka A cricket match A was being conducted at Mapusa.Accordingly, a crime branch team gathered intelligence and raided a villa at Ekta Nagar, Mapusa, and caught four persons who were betting during the raid.The team also recovered two laptops, eight mobile phones, one router, and other electronic articles.“We have arrested Madhya Pradesh resident Umashankar Shivprasad Joshi, 42, Haryana resident Rahul Rajesh Khot, 25, MP resident Anvesh Mahendra Soni, 30, and MP resident Faijan Safu Shaikh, 22. SP Jivba Dalvi said that the crime branch has registered an FIR in the case.
