Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Madhya Pradesh Police busted an international betting gang in Ujjain district, arrested nine people and seized over Rs 14 crore from the spot, a police officer said on Friday.

The police also recovered a total of 41 mobile phones, 19 laptops, 5 Mac Mini, one iPad, national and international SIM cards, 2 pen drives, 3 memory cards, other communication devices, silver bars and international currency of different countries from the spot. ,

Ujjain Inspector General (IG) Santosh Kumar Singh said, "Yesterday police received information that some people from Punjab, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh along with Piyush Chopra (key accused) have been running a large-scale international betting operation for several days." The police team took action in the duplex number 18 of 19 Dreams Colony located in the Nilganga police station area of ​​Ujjain and arrested a total of 9 accused from there. The team has also recovered 41 mobile phones, 11 laptops, 1 Mac Mini, 1 iPad, national and international SIMs, 2 pendrives, 3 memory cards and other communication devices from the spot.

Police also got information that the main accused Piyush Chopra has reached his house in Musaddipura of Kharakuan police station area of ​​Ujjain.The police team raided the spot and during the search recovered huge amount of cash, silver bars and Apple Mac Mini CPU, laptop, Rs 14.58 crore kept in 11 bags. A large quantity of international currency of Canada, UAE, Euro, Pound, US Dollar, Nepalese Rupee etc. was also seized, the officer said, adding that the main accused is still absconding and efforts will be made to nab him soon. Has been.

The case was registered under sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 109, 120B of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), section 3/4 of the Public Gambling Act and 66D of the IT Act. He said further investigation is underway.

According to the police, the nine accused arrested include four each from Neemuch in Punjab and Madhya Pradesh and one from Rajasthan.They have been identified as Punjab residents Jaspreet Singh (30), Satpreet Singh (34), Gurpreet Singh (36) and Chetan Negi (37), Rohit Singh (26), Gaurav Jain (26), Akash Masihi (26). . and Mayur Jain (30), residents of Madhya Pradesh while Harish Teli (36), residents of Rajasthan.