Pune police on Friday arrested 33 bookies for their involvement in betting on the second ODI between India and England on the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium.
Pimpri Chinchwad police officers had acquired a tip-off that some accused, having binoculars, had been watching the stay match taking place at MCA stadium in Pune between India and England and on the identical time, they had been additionally concerned in a betting racket.
Accordingly, a lure was arrange and three groups had been shaped based mostly on inputs to raid three totally different places the place the accused had been hiding. The accused had been hiding at a top at three totally different places round MCA stadium to look at the match stay with the assistance of binocular and high-resolution cameras.
Krishna Prakash, Police Commissioner of Pimpri Chinchwad, mentioned “We have arrested 33 accused including five from Madhya Pradesh, 13 from Haryana, 11 from Maharashtra, two from Rajasthan, one from Goa, and one from Uttar Pradesh. Recovery of material and cash worth Rs 45 lakhs has been made including 74 mobile phones, three laptops, one Tablet, eight high-resolution cameras, binocular and cash along with some foreign currency.”
“The accused had also attacked the police team when they were raided but police thwarted their attack and all of them have been arrested,” he added.
Talking in regards to the second ODI, Ben Stokes’ swashbuckling 99 and in-form England opener Jonny Bairstow’s 112-ball 124 noticed England register a six-wicket win over India.
Chasing a mammoth goal of 337, the guests cruised residence with 39 balls to spare as they levelled the three-match sequence 1-1. If the Indian batsmen stole the present in the afternoon, it was the flip of the English batters beneath lights to showcase some high quality strokeplay.
The decider might be performed on the identical venue on Sunday.
(With ANI inputs)
