TL-BETTING RACKET

Two kingpins of a cricket

betting racket were among the four persons who have been

arrested here for allegedly placing bets on the Big Bash

League matches, police said Sunday.

Cyberabd Police seized Rs 5 lakh in cash, eight mobile

phone handsets from them in the raid conducted on Saturday

(January 12) evening.

Based on a reliable information, a police team

apprehended Ankith Agarwal and his brother Mohith Agarwal, a

collection agent and a sub-organiser, the Cyberabad Police

stated in a release.

The Agarwal brothers, the organisers of online

betting, and others were engaged in gambling, and were

exchanging betting money when they were picked up, it said.

The Big Bash League is an Australian professional

Twenty20 cricket league.

The Agarwal brothers have been indulging in the

illicit online cricket betting since 2016, police said, adding

that they were arrested in the past.