Five bookies held for IPL betting

Kanpur: Police on Monday claimed to have busted a cricket betting racket with the arrest of five alleged bookies.

Rs 18,000, six mobile phones along with some documents related to betting were also seized from them, the police said. Acting on a tip off, police raided a house near Prashant Nursing Home in Gujaini area of Govindpuri yesterday, a police official said. Five bookies namely Sunil, Neeraj, Santosh, Saurabh and Vishnu were nabbed yesterday when they were placing bets on the IPL matches, said police. Further investigations are on to establish their links and apprehend the other members of the gang, the police said. PTI