AGRA: Bookies Ankush Mangla and Sanjay Kalia were getting their gang members to place bets on IPL matches in the city. For this, he had taken ID by using Aadhaar card at a fake address. Ankush Mangala had taken a flat on rent in Mangalam Shila Apartment on 100 Foota Road in Amar Vihar Colony of New Agra and given it to his friends. On the other hand, police raided Sanjay Kalia’s flat in Shastripuram and arrested three bookies. Rs 8.14 lakh has been recovered from them.
Notorious bookie Ankush Mangla and his partner Ashish Singhal had provided Idhi to the accused for online betting. Ankush Mangla’s property worth crores has been confiscated by the police under the Gangster Act. On the other hand, after raiding the Shekhar Residency of Shastripuram in Sikandra on Thursday, the police arrested two accomplices of notorious bookie Sanjay Kalia, Rajeev Chopra and Sandeep Gulati.
Deputy Commissioner of Police Suraj Rai said that the SOG and the police team had received information about online betting on IPL in flat number 303 of Mangalam Shila Apartment on Saturday. The police raided and arrested three bookies from the spot. Whose names are Amit Agarwal resident of valid street bus stand Kheragarh Sonu Agarwal resident Yamunotri Karmayogi Kamla Nagar and Bunty Mathuria resident Rahul Nagar Dahtora Jagdishpura.
Cricket Guru app was in mobile
The accused told during interrogation that he was playing IPL betting online by getting Aadhaar card made at a fake address. An app named Cricket Guru has been found from his mobile. The accused said that Ankush Mangla and Ashish Singhal used to provide IDs for betting in IPL. According to the Deputy Commissioner of Police, gangster action was taken against bookie Ankush Mangla. His property worth crores was confiscated. He was sent to jail. After coming out on bail, he has again become active in betting.
raided here too
According to the Deputy Commissioner of Police, the second raid was conducted at a house in Shekhar Residency in Shastripuram. From there Rajeev Chopra resident Shekhar Residency and Sandeep Gulati resident Shivaji Nagar Shahganj were arrested. Both told during interrogation that they had taken fake Aadhaar cards to mislead the police. He works for Sanjay Kalia alias Sanjay Jain resident of Nandanpuram Shastripuram. He talks to the bookie and notes the price. 32 thousand rupees, three mobiles, forged Aadhaar cards and six betting sheets have been recovered from the accused.
it was recovered
Three laptops, Rs 8.14 lakh, 13 mobiles, one note counting machine, one stapler machine for making note bundles, three dongles, one Wi-Fi, seven checkbooks, one SIM card, 12 accounts and diaries, five bags, 400 Work Pages Related to Online IPL Account
The names of more than a dozen people came to the fore
According to the police, the names of more than a dozen bookies have come to the fore during interrogation of the arrested accused. The police is verifying the names and addresses of these bookies. After the information received during the interrogation of the accused, these bookies can be tightened soon. Accused Rajeev Chopra, who worked for Sanjay Kalia, told the police that Tony Sindhi resident Maruti Estate Phase-III and Manish resident Billochpura were also booked.
