Silchar: In a crackdown on illegal IPL betting, Silchar Sadar police on Sunday evening conducted simultaneous raids in the Das Colony and Ashram Road areas and arrested four persons allegedly involved in a betting racket.Police said betting-related materials and cash amounting to nearly Rs 50 lakh were seized during the operation.The arrested persons have been identified as Suman Roy (42), Suman Roy (48), and Nitai Roy (40) of Das Colony, while Sanjay Das was picked up from the Ashram Road area.During the raids, police recovered five notebooks containing records of IPL betting transactions, Rs 30,190 in cash, seven mobile phones allegedly used to operate the betting app, and a bag from the Das Colony location.In a separate raid at Ashram Road, police seized two mobile phones and Rs 15,100 in cash.Police sources said the operation was launched following specific intelligence inputs about IPL betting activities being run from the two localities.The accused are currently being interrogated at Silchar Sadar police station. Investigators are trying to determine whether more persons are linked to the network and if the racket has interstate connections.Police said legal proceedings have been initiated, and further investigation is underway.
