Overview
- In a series of raids during the current IPL season, officers in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana made 24 arrests in three cases tied to illegal cricket betting.
- Chittoor and Sri Sathya Sai districts in Andhra Pradesh accounted for 13 arrests, with police seizing about ₹40,000 in cash and six mobile phones used to place bets.
- In Warangal city, a Task Force team caught organiser Thadem Bharath and four others, seized ₹1.02 lakh and five smartphones, and named organiser Ravula Dileep Kumar as absconding.
- Jangareddygudem police in Eluru district broke up an inter-state racket, arrested six suspects linked to a hub in Rajula Colony, and froze ₹4 lakh held in the accuseds’ bank accounts after a follow-up raid in Hyderabad’s Kukatpally area.
- Investigators say betting ran through unauthorised online platforms, and they plan to mine seized phones and transaction records to identify more organisers and expand the case.