MARGAO: A patrol group of South Goa police swooped down in a illegal online gambling den in Gandhi marketplace in Margao on Friday evening and detained 11 persons involved with the unlawful pursuits. Rs 80,000 in money, 11″all in one” computers, each value Rs 25,000 and also an online modem, a router, even 2 wheeled dongles, all values almost Rs 35,000 were captured from law enforcement. SP Pankaj Kumar Singh told reporters the Rajesh Babal Naik, a resident of Housing Board, Gogol, Margao, has been captured red-handed operating the internet gambling sport of chance/Roulette at Lotlikar construction on behalf of his former company Rajesh Naik, also a resident of Ambaji, Fatorda. Apart from those two, the authorities also detained nine players engaged in gambling from the Internet game, recognized as Pramodh Rabha, also a native of Assam, Rahul Gaud, also a native of UP, Santosh Joshi in Margao, Santosh Nair, also a native of Kerala, Prakash Singh, also a native of Madhya Pradesh, Yellappa Sheludi, also a native of Karnataka, Laxman Singh, also a native of Mei Sikar, Gobi C, also a native of Tamil Nadu, along with Sadik Vilamulli, also a native of Kerala. The majority of those detained were operating in resorts and remaining in neighboring lodges and dormitories, authorities said. Margao authorities stated that the accused violated the curfew order supplied from the South Goa collector. They have been detained under Sections 269 and 188 of the IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Public Gambling Act.
South Goa police raids Gaming den, arrests 11
