3 bookies arrested; Rs 5.49 lakh seized

Three bookies were arrested here Sunday on charges of operating a cricket betting racket for the ICC England-New Zealand final and Rs 5.49 lakh recovered from them, police said they said police received credible information about the racket and conducted simultaneous raids in Begumpet, Jubilee Hills, Shahinayathgunj areas here and nabbed the trio

they were "organizing and collecting the betting amount from punters, a police release said.