IPL 2017: Three held for betting in same hotel where Gujarat, Pune players were put up

A day after the Gujarat Lions and Delhi Daredevils IPL clashed here, police have arrested three people who were allegedly running a betting racket from the same hotel where the two teams were staying

A day after the Gujarat Lions and Delhi Daredevils IPL clashed here, police have arrested three people who were allegedly running a betting racket from the same hotel where the two teams were staying.

While the match was on at Green Park, the BCCI's Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU) initiated action on information that a betting racket was being run from Landmark Hotel, Sr Superintendent of Police, Kanpur, Akash Kulhari said. Two people were arrested from a room on the 17th floor of the five-star hotel. They have been identified as Nayan Shah, a native of Maharashtra, and Vikas Kumar, who belongs to Pukhrayan from adjoining Kanpur Dehat district, he said. Ramesh Kumar, the third accused was arrested from Green Park and works as a sub-contractor in the Indian Premier League.

According to the police, Kumar used to stay at the stadium and send pitch reports to his two associated at the hotel. Based on the inputs about the pitch, Shah and Vikas used to take the bets, he said, adding close-shot pictures of the pitch were found from the mobile phone seized from Kumar.

Superintendent of Police (City) Gaurav Grover said Rs 4.90 lakh, four mobile phones and a laptop were recovered from the three men.

The trio is being interrogated for other details, the SP said, adding the police were also trying to find out how they got rooms in the hotel where the cricketers were staying.

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