24 policemen suspended in MP for links with betting racket
Jabalpur, Jan 10: Twenty-four junior level policemen were Thursday suspended for their alleged links with a betting racket here in Madhya Pradesh, an official said.
The betting racket was busted Wednesday and the seizure of a dairy revealed their links with bookies, he said.
"Twenty-four cops have been placed under suspension and line attached (taken off ground duty) after prima facie evidence pointed to their links with the betting racket," Superintendent of Police Amit Singh said.
A departmental inquiry has been ordered into the incident, he added.
Police seized a diary from a member of a gang that accepted bets after busting its illegal operations in the Gohalpur police station area Wednesday, Singh said.
The district police chief said the diary had the names of the policemen who have been suspended.
Later, the police interrogated bookies who admitted to their links with these policemen, who are of constable and head constable ranks, the SP said.
The accused admitted to greasing the palms of the suspended policemen to run their illegal business, police sources said.
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
