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Gurdaspur: Interruption network of bookies poses challenge for police
Rohit Gupta
Gurdaspur (Punjab), September 15, 2023; District Gurdaspur Police carried out a raid to break the network of bettors on cricket matches. During the raid at the house of a bookie, the police took the first step toward success by recovering 14 lakhs in cash, 14 mobile phones, and a Mercedes car, but it can still be said that to penetrate the large network of bookies will be a big challenge and difficult for Gurdaspur Police.
A present, it seems that the investigation of Gurdaspur police and all hopes rest on the history of the mobile phones recovered during the raid from Bukky Moni's house, but the big hurdle will be that the insiders are claiming that all these
As per sources, the business is done through WhatsApp calls and big bookies mostly use fake WhatsApp numbers on which WhatsApp calls can be made but not normal calls. It will be impossible for the police to trace these numbers.
Sources added that the portal of this business is being operated from Dubai. Through this portal, links are given to bookies in Mumbai, Delhi, and other big Cities. These big bookies have a quota of crores and then they give their links to the bookies of other small cities. Who has a quota of lakhs? All of that entire illegal business runs on faith. . The more faith one has, the more his quota can be. The 'bet' of the bookies is accepted only according to the quota up to 10 lakhs, 20 lakhs , fifty lakhs or Crores.
According to the sources, apart from these big bookies, some small bookies in the city place bets of Rs.5 to 10 lakhs on their risks.Sources told that in the previous IPL matches, these Bookies suffered big losses.But how many Bookies of Gurdaspur are linked to the International Portal this disclosure depends on the honest investigation of the police officers.
Experts say that bets can be placed on every ball thrown or every shot of the batsman in addition to winning or losing the match. Bets are also taken on runs, fours, sixes and outs and the 'ratio' of the winning amount varies accordingly. That is, the ratio of the winning amount to the bets placed on ball and shot is higher than the winning amount ratio of the losing team. But one will hardly find anyone who has earned anything in betting on matches. Bookies have definitely managed to build properties and buy expensive cars in this work. There are also some people in this city from good houses who come from the throne to the floor due to betting on Cricket. One of them says that when he regains consciousness, a man has lost a lot. First, a man bets to win. If he wins, the greed increases and if he loses, he bets more in the hope of getting back the lost amount.
According to sources, the betting business runs throughout the year. 'Glasi dana' runs on non-match days. The loss or win is decided by the number drawn by playing a big Ludo Dice(Dana) in a leather Glass. Bets turn to cards and various other Gambling Games on Diwali days by booking a room in a house in low-resident areas.
Of course, the Gurdaspur police could not identify the bookies and big gamblers or not, but there is no shortage of citizens who have a lot of information about them. Only time will tell how long the hands of the law prove to be for these big bookies who have become the owners of big properties and expensive vehicles.