Hyderabad: The special operations team of Cyberabad police on Sunday caught P Rajesh, 40, a senior scientist in a private seed company for running a gambling racket.
Police also nabbed 13 others who were associated with him.
Based on a tip off, SOT sleuths raided a flat at Medchal and caught 14 persons. They also seized 53,510 cash, gambling coins, playing cards and other material worth 1.8 lakh from them.Officials said Rajesh was running this gambling racket for the past three years, and was changing locations frequently, to avoid being caught.
Rajesh had collected 20,000 advance from participants and had issued gambling coins of equivalent value to them, police said, adding that he pocketed 1,000 commission per game and organised 50 such games on a daily basis.
The accused persons and seized material was handed over to Medchal police, who registered a case and started an investigation.
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