Bargarh: Police have busted an IPL betting racket in Bargarh district with the arrest of five persons including the prime accused.
The prime accused or bookie has been identified as Vicky Mittal. The other four persons are Prakash Agrawal, Arjun Senapati, Bimalkant Nag, and Dilip Dash.
Bargarh SP Parmar Smit Parshottamdas informed that based on intelligence input, a raid had been conducted during the IPL Qualifier 2 match.
The police recovered Rs 6.14 lakh cash, two laptops, an auto call receiver, one LED TV, mobile phones, and other electronic items from their possession.
Police suspect there might be an interstate racket involved in the betting. A case in this regard has been registered at Town Police Station and further investigation is underway.
