Mangaluru police arrest four men involved in betting for cricket matches; cell phones, cash seized
Mangaluru: The City Police, during investigation of two separate cases booked at Bajpe Police Station in the city against betting during cricket matches, arrested four men and confiscated the mobile phones used for betting purposes and the money in their possession.
Three of the men arrested in one case have been identified as Jayanth Poojary (41), a resident of Borugudde in Thenka Edapadavu, Devadas Poojary (34), a resident of Modappady, and Ramesh Poojary (48), of Kundodi. The police arrested one accused in the second case, Praveen, who is a resident of Madappadi in Thenka Edapadavu, while another, Dhanu, a resident of Iruvail, is absconding, said the officers.
The Bajpe Police officers conducted a raid at Modappadi in Thenka Edapadavu after receiving a tip-off that the accused were involved in a round of online betting, and held three men, while the Praveen was arrested at Ganjimutt Gandhinagar in Badagulipadi village. The police are searching for the absconding betting accused.
Three mobile phones and Rs 4,500 in cash were seized from the three men arrested by Bajpe Police officers in the first case. In the second case too, the officers have confiscated the phone used by the arrested.
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Ranchi: Temple guard bludgeoned to death during robbery attempt, 3 held
Ranchi (PTI): A 60-year-old security guard of a temple in Ranchi was bludgeoned to death with a stone during a robbery attempt, police said on Saturday.
The incident happened late on Thursday at the Jagannath Temple in the Dhurwa Smart City area, they said.
"Three persons were arrested on Friday for killing the security guard. They confessed to the crime and told police that the victim had identified them. Therefore, in fear of being caught, they killed him by attacking him with a stone on his head," SSP Rakesh Ranjan said.
"Thereafter, they took money from the donation box and fled the scene. Two of them have criminal antecedents," he added.
Ranjan said the investigators recovered Rs 3 lakh in cash that had been robbed, the stone with blood-stained marks, and the iron rod used to break open the lock of the donation box kept there.
An FIR in this regard was lodged at the Dhurwa police station, he said, adding that the accused were sent to judicial custody by a court.
