Police arrests eight gamblers in Srinagar
Srinagar: Police in Srinagar arrested eight gamblers and seized stake money from their possession, a police spokesman said Tuesday.
Following an input about gambling activities, a police party raided a gambling site at Babademb and arrested four gamblers, a police spokesman said.
He said that officers have seized stake money of ₹ 22,000/- and playing cards from the gamblers. However, four more gamblers taking advantage of marshy land near the area managed to flee from the spot.
Accordingly, a case vide FIR No. 39/2022 under relevant sections of law have been registered in Police Station Khanyar and investigation was initiated.
During the course of investigation, four gamblers who fled during the raid were arrested and stake money of ₹13,500 was recovered from them which they took along while fleeing. With this, a total of ₹35,500 stake money was recovered in the instant case and 8 gamblers have been arrested, the spokesman added.
