Ambala: Six held for gambling in raid by CM flying squad

15 more were arrested by police on Jamitgarh road

Six men were held for gambling at a shop that was raided by Haryana chief minister’s flying squad here, the police said on Tuesday.

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The accused were identified as Vinod Kumar of Ambala Cantt, Ballu of Ambala, Toni and Santosh of Mathura, Gopal Singh of Saharanpur and Sant Prakash of New Delhi.

Sub-inspector Surender Singh of the squad said, “On the basis of secret information, we raided a shop near a hotel behind the bus stand in Lal Kurti area. We found six men sitting around a table with cards, and on searching their pockets, we found ₹7,040 in cash.”

A case was registered under Section 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code and under Section 13 of the Gambling Act.

15 held in city, ₹22,000 recovered

Meanwhile, 15 more men were arrested for gambling on Jamitgarh road and ₹22,290 were recovered from them, the police said.

Bottles of country-made liquor, mobiles, an LCD TV, internet devices, etc. were also found in their possession, station in-charge Suresh Kumar said.