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IPL betting racket busted in Kolkata

Police here have arrested five men for allegedly running an inter-state betting racket on the results of the IPL matches.

  • Agencies
  • Published: 00:17 April 23, 2008
  • Gulf News

Kolkata: Police here have arrested five men for allegedly running an inter-state betting racket on the results of the IPL matches.

The arrests were made late on Monday during a raid on an apartment here.

The police were tipped off that some people were running a cricket betting racket from an apartment in north-eastern Kolkata.

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