Hyderabad: Police busted online betting racket and apprehended 7 persons including a bookie, 5 agents. A punter involved in organizing online betting platforms such as SKYEXCH, RADHE EXCHANGE, 99 RACES, 365 RACES, Placebet999 among others.
According to officials, the arrested person named as Girish Agarwal (39), a bookie resident of Ghansi Bazar Charminar, and agents S Maninder Pal Singh (36) of Petlaburj, Pawan Kumar Sharma (35) and Kishan Sharma (24) of Rajasthan, Mohith Agarwal (27) of Shahalibanda, and Rahul Agarwal (32) of Hayathnagar, and punter Suresh Soni (33) of Puranpul.
Police recovered online betting platforms points – SKYEXCH total points (9,80,538), Radhe Exchange (94,073), 99 Races (3,91,777), 365 Races (7,85,117), Placebet999 (1,00,000) with a total point 23,51,505 (1 point is equal to 1 rupee).
According to police, the bookie registered with online betting websites and provided username and password to the punters by the agents to play online betting. Further investigation is in process.
