Dozen bookies held, 2 of them had made calls to Pakistan

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Press Trust of India New Delhi/Panaji
Last Updated : May 27 2013 | 7:16 PM IST
Six bookies were arrested in Goa today following information provided by Delhi Police looking for 'fixers' alleged to be conduits of three more cricketers while six others apprehended on the charge of betting in Chennai, Mumbai and Chennai during IPL matches.
Two bookies held in Mumbai were allegedly in telephonic contact with their counterparts in Pakistan for accepting bets.
The Special Cell Delhi Police, on the look out for some bookies after registering a case, had tipped off the Goa police about the presence a few people in its area, police said.
After monitoring a casino where the bets for IPL matches were being put, the police teams drew a blank till Goa police apprehended six bookies from a rented accommodation at Candolim, about nine kms away from Panaji.
Over two dozen mobile phones, laptops, iPads and huge amount of cash was recovered from the arrested bookies.
Initial information was that the arrested persons were from Mumbai.
Efforts are on to nab three people who allegedly used to 'fix' deals on behalf of the three cricketers other than those arrested by Delhi Police.
The three people, who are being referred as 'fixers' by the Delhi Police, are from Nagpur and Jaipur and their names cropped up during the interrogation of Mohammed Yahya, a bookie arrested by Delhi Police from Hyderabad airport when he was trying to flee the country.
In Chennai, an accused in the IPL betting case Sanjay Kumar Bafna, against whom a lookout notice had been issued by police, was arrested.
Police said they are also on the lookout for a Chennai-based hotelier in connection with the case.
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First Published: May 27 2013 | 7:16 PM IST

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