9 persons booked under Gambling Act
Ferozepur, August 17, 2019: Cracking down on the illegal gambling activities, at least persons were booked by the police under Gambling Act in Mallanwala town near Ferozepur.
Divulging with the details, Nishan Singh, appointed as IO in the cases said, a tip-off was received by the police team on patrolling that some persons are playing gambling with the playing cards with cash without any valid permit.
On raiding, nine persons were found playing gambling and Rs.3500 in cash was recovered from them. They were however booked under Section 33, 33, 67 of Punjab Gambling Act.
The booked persons were identified as Bhajan Singh, Surjit Singh,Paramjit Singh, Prem, Harjit Singh, Sheera, Happy, Soni and Mirza of Mallanwala. All were later on released on bail.