Eight arrested for illegal betting at Race Course

Rs. 2.32 lakh stake money seized

Mysore/Mysuru: The City Crime Branch (CCB) Police, who raided Mysuru Race Course following a tip off that a few individuals were indulging in separate betting illegally, have arrested eight persons and have seized Rs.2,32,910 stake amount from them.

The arrested are 52-year-old Vishwanath and 40-year-old Harish of K.R. Mohalla, 40-year-old Amin of Kankanadi in Mangaluru, 33-year-old Sunil Kumar of KBL Layout, 61-year-old C.N. Prakash of Robertsonpet in KGF, 28-year-old Srinivas of Mandi Mohalla, 34-year-old Shashikumar of Alanahalli and 46-year-old Shankar of Metagalli.

A case has been registered at Nazarbad Police Station.

DCP Dr. A.N. Prakash Gowda and CCB ACP V. Mariyappa supervised CCB Inspector A. Mallesh, ASI R. Raju and staff Joseph Noronha, Arun Kumar, R. Purushotham and V. Raghu, Nazarbad Inspector G.N. Srikanth, SI Siddesh, ASI Puttaswamygowda and staff Kiran and Mohan, in the nabbing and seizing operation, according to a press release from the Public Relations Officer (PRO), City Police Commissioner’s Office, Mysuru.

This post was published on March 10, 2020 6:31 pm