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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Australia add Steve Smith as replacement for Hazlewood in T20 World Cup squad
Pallekele (PTI): Senior Australia batter Steve Smith was on Monday approved as replacement for the injured pacer Josh Hazlewood, hours before his side's must-win T20 World Cup match against Sri Lanka here.
Smith thus becomes the 15th member of the injury-hit Australia squad.
"Smith is named as a replacement for Hazlewood, who is now officially ruled out from participating in the tournament due to a calf injury. The team’s medical staff had hoped to have him fit in time to feature in the latter parts of the tournament but were unsuccessful," the ICC said in statement.
Smith had earlier been flown to Sri Lanka as cover for skipper Mitchell Marsh, who missed Australia's opening two matches due to a testicular injury.
The veteran batter trained with the squad on Sunday and is in contention to feature in the crucial clash.
Smith has not played a T20I since February last year but has been in good form in the format in domestic competitions.
In positive signs for the 2021 champions, Marsh too has returned to training. The skipper batted in the nets while also taking part in running and fielding drills on Sunday.
Australia’s World Cup campaign is hanging in the balance following their 23-run defeat to Zimbabwe, and they must beat Sri Lanka on Monday to avoid an early exit.
