City constable among 9 held for gambling
Rs 1.4 lakh in cash was seized from six of the nine accused, who are residents of Delhi.
Ghaziabad: A constable of Delhi police and eight other people have been arrested from central park of DLF colony here on the charge of gambling, the police said on Monday.
On the complaint of the residents, the Sahibabad police conducted a raid in the area Sunday night and arres-ted the nine accused, deputy superintendent of police (CO Border) Rakesh Mishra said.
The accused have been identified as Saleem, the Delhi police constable, Gopal, Devesh, Kuldeep Rawat, Abhijeet, Bharat, Dinesh, Navneet and Maneesh. Six of the nine accused were residents of Delhi, the officer said, adding Rs 1.4 lakh in cash were seized from them.
He said the arrested accused were connected with each other through a WhatsApp group. The police are probing their links with IPL bookies in national capital regi-on, Mishra said.