BMRCL extends metro services for upcoming IPL T-20 matches in Bengaluru
Bengaluru (PTI): In view of the IPL T-20 cricket matches scheduled to be held in the city in the coming days, the Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Ltd on Monday said it will be extending its services on April 15 and 24 to facilitate safe and convenient travel for its commuters.
On the day of night matches, the last train services from all the terminal stations are extended from 11 pm up to 2 am (early hours of the next day).
According to BMRCL statement, the last trains will leave from all the terminal stations as follows: Whitefield (Kadugodi) at 12.30 am, Challaghatta at 12.45 am, Silk Institute and Madavara at 12.45 am, Bommasandra at 12.30 am and R V Road at 2 am.
The last train from Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Station, Majestic towards all four directions will depart at 1.30 am.
However, for the day and night match to be held on April 18, there will be no extension of train services, and trains will run as per the schedule, the BMRCL added.
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Two incidents of betting over IPL cricket matches in Mysuru: Five men arrested
Mysuru: Police have arrested five people in two separate cases where betting for the IPL cricket matches was going on, and have confiscated various equipment used by the arrested men for the illegal activity.
In the first case, Hebbal Police arrested two men who were reportedly found betting during the IPL cricket matches, and have confiscated one laptop and three mobile phones from the arrested men.
The arrested men are identified as Pradeep (39) and Praful (21) of Naidu Nagar.
The police team is learned to have conducted the operation on the third floor of a hotel within the Hebbal Police Station limits on getting information of betting over the IPL matches going on. The gamblers allegedly were getting citizens to invest money online and betting illegally on IPL matches over mobile phones and laptops in order to illegally earning money from them.
Pradeep and Praful were taken into custody by the police who have filed a case and are investigating it.
The second incident occurred near the Town Hall on Thursday, May 7, when Devaraja Police arrested three men who were gambling.
The police have arrested Kumar (33) of Mandimohalla, PV Vinod (32) of Ilava and Likhith Kumar (27) of Paduvarahalli.
The three men were reportedly carrying out their criminal activity inside a car parked behind the Town Hall on Thursday, in order to earn money from the IPL tournament through a mobile phone. They were also found to have gotten citizens to invest money online and off-line in the cricket matches.
They were found and arrested by policemen who were on beat in the area near the Town Hall. In addition, one car, Rs 15,900 in cash and three mobile phones were seized from them.
A case has been registered by the Devaraja Police officers, who are investigating the case.
