Gambling den raided in Sirsi: Police arrest 19 men, seize Rs 49.5 lakh cash, cars, mobile phones
Karwar: In a major gambling den bust, 19 people involved in illegal gambling were arrested during a raid on a homestay in Agasala village of Sirsi taluk on Wednesday night and items worth lakhs of rupees and cash worth Rs 49.5 lakh were seized by the police.
The men arrested include Kadlegundi Anil Kumar Reddy of Challakere, Bheerappa, Keregowda, Shankar Gowda, Nagaraj Ritti, Pradeep, Prashanth, Ziyaullah, Revanna Siddappa and Beeresh of Haveri, Basavaraj, Chaman Saab, Prakash, Eeshappa, Veerabasappa and Santhosh of Davanagere.
Considered one of the biggest raids on gambling dens in the history of Uttara Kannada, the operation was conducted under directions of Superintendent of Police MN Deepan, and was led by Sirsi Deputy SP Geetha Patil and Sub-inspector Ashok Rathod.
The police team, on receiving information that a gambling den was functioning from the homestay at Agasala, which is under the Bhairumbe Gram Panchayat administration limits, raided the homestay on Wednesday night.
The police, who are learned to have found people from various places like Haveri, Davanagere, Challakere and Anavatti indulging in gambling at the place, arrested the men and seized cash worth Rs 49.5 lakh from them. In addition, they have reportedly confiscated cars, 18 expensive mobile phones, packs of cards and mattresses from the den.
A police case has been registered in the matter and further investigation is on.
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Congress misleading public on National Herald case, matter still in court: BJP
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The case is still pending trial in the Delhi High Court, and the trial court in its order on Tuesday said that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) can continue its investigation, BJP national spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia asserted.
"The court yesterday (Tuesday) said that since it is a private complaint and no FIR has been lodged, it will not take cognizance of it. It's a technical matter. The court also said that ED can continue its investigation further. The court did not set it aside," Bhatia told a press conference at the BJP headquarters here
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