Bookie arrested for accepting bets on India-Bangladesh WC tie

Acting on a tip off,a trap was laid and diamond broker Piyush Seth (42) was nabbed Borivali in Mumbai.

An alleged cricket bookie has been arrested from suburban Borivali for allegedly accepting bettings on the India-Bangladesh match of the ICC World Cup,police said today.

Acting on a tip off,a trap was laid and diamond broker Piyush Seth (42) was nabbed from a room in Country Park building last night while accepting bets for the first match of the World Cup,said Senior Inspector (Crime branch XII) Milind Khetle.

An LCD television,six mobile phones,a modem and a laptop were recovered the bookie,he said.

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Seth has been booked under relevant sections of Gambling Act and the Indian Telegraph Act,he said. Seth is being questioned. We are trying to know with whom he was in contact,for whom he is accepting bettings, Khetle said.

Most of the bookies have gone underground or are operating from outside the city fearing arrest,a senior police officer said.

This is the first arrest after the city Crime Branch intensified its surveillance to nab the bookies in the view of Cricket World Cup.

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