Cricket bookie nabbed

Pune crime branch sleuths on Wednesday, arrested a person from Pimpri allegedly involved in betting for the India-Sri Lanka cricket series. The suspect has been identified as Sham Kukreja 32, a resident of Pimpri.

Police recovered Rs. 6,300, four mobile phones and a television set, all totalling to Rs. 16,905, from him. Investigations revealed that around 50 persons have put their money in bets for the series.

A note book, which has the records of all the bets made till now has also been recovered.

Acting on a tip-off, inspectors Rajendra Bhamre and Rajendra Joshi raided Kukreja's house. The Times of India