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Two suspected bookies arrested from inside Delhi stadium throughout IPL sport

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Two males, suspected to be concerned in unlawful betting, had been arrested from Arun Jaitley stadium on May 2, throughout an Indian Premier League (IPL) match between Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Sunrisers Hyderabad. The two had been caught by the particular employees of the Central district after they entered the stadium utilizing faux identities. Both have been produced earlier than a Delhi Court and despatched to five-days police custody.
Additional DCP (Central) Rohit Meena stated the accused have been recognized as Manish Kansal (38), who was posing as housekeeping employees and Krishan Garg (26), who was posing because the well being employee of South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC). “We have lodged an FIR against them at I P Estate police station and recovered accreditation cards from their possession. We are now trying to find out the authenticity of the accreditation cards and how they got these cards,” Additional DCP Meena stated.
Police personnel deployed on the stadium additionally shared the main points of the arrest with the Anti-Corruption Wing of BCCI. “After monitoring their activities for around 45 minutes, both of them were taken into custody and they were questioned by the officials. They initially tried to mislead the investigators after cooking a false story and claiming to be an official, but after the sustained interrogation, they broke down. They confessed that they are involved in illegal betting,” a senior police officer stated.