According to estimates, wagers totaling up to Rs 5,000 crore have been made on Sunday’s Champions Trophy final match in Dubai. According to sources following betting rings, worldwide bookmakers’ favorite team is India. They added that major bookies from all around the world congregate in Dubai for every major match, and that many of the bookies are connected to the underworld.
According to accounts, Dawood Ibrahim’s gang, “D Company,” bets on important cricket matches in Dubai. The Crime Branch of Delhi Police has arrested at least five prominent bookmakers during the Champions Trophy. On the semi-finals, they bet. After questioning them, the probe made its way to Dubai.
Two bookmakers, Parveen Kochhar and Sanjay Kumar, were detained in one instance for placing bets on the India-Australia Champions Trophy semifinal. Both were apprehended while using laptops and cell phones to place live bets. Numerous electronic equipment and betting-related goods were found by the authorities.
Parveen Kochhar created betting IDs and sold them to gamblers after purchasing a master ID from the website lucky.com. A 3% commission was charged by the syndicate for each transaction. The accused made phone calls and entered information on a notebook based on the betting rates for offline betting.
According to sources, Parveen Kochhar has been operating the betting operation for the past two years by renting a property for Rs 35,000 a month. He made a profit of Rs 40,000 on every match day. During questioning, he said this entire network is controlled from Dubai.
West Delhi native Chhotu Bansal created a betting app in Canada. He currently resides in Dubai. Others began using his software to place bets after renting it.
Vinay lives in Moti Nagar, Delhi, and is also in Dubai. He used to comment straight from the cricket field. Bobby, Golu, Nitin Jain, and Jitu are other Delhi residents who have been identified as members of this syndicate.
Manish Sahani, Yogesh Kukeja, and Suraj are three of the five Delhi residents that were detained; they are all connected to Dubai. They gave the cops cash worth Rs 22 lakh. The gang’s chief operator was Manish Sahani. He would oversee transactions using cash or bank accounts and record the voices of those betting. He claimed to authorities that he was in complete control of the betting activity and did not use any middlemen. The three defendants stated during questioning that the “Satta” betting app was created outside of India by Mannu Matka, Akshay Gehlot, Nishu, Rinku, and Aman Rajput.
