Port Blair, Sept. 16: In a crackdown on gambling activities, the District Special Police has arrested nine persons on 14th September under A&N Islands Gambling Regulation, 1951. Acting on information, a the District Special police team comprising of ASI M. Abdul Rasheed, HC Surya Narayan, HC Sanjay Kujur, Constables Mohd. Imran, M. Raja Rao & Rakesh Toppo under the supervision of DySP (SA) Shri Mohd. Aslam, raided a gambling den near Ganesh temple, Dairy farm in the evening and nabbed nine persons, namely P. Sathi Babu (31) yrs. R/o Dairy Farm, J. Jaspal (27) yrs. R/o Dairy Farm, Mohd. Hanifa (28) yrs R/o Ograbraj, S.A. Karthick (32) yrs. R/o Dairy Farm, B. Bala Krishna (22) yrs. DRM APWD R/o Dairy Farm, B. Dilleshwara Rao (27) yrs. R/o Dairy Farm, V. Senthil Kumar (34) yrs. R/o Dairy Farm, Anand Kumar Tigga (42) yrs. R/o Dairy Farm and M. Dinesh Kumar (20) yrs R/o Dairy Farm. Playing cards and Rs.15,030/- in cash were seized from the spot.
Meanwhile, the general public have been requested to pass on any credible information on any illegal activity on the telephone numbers: 233077, 232405, 100, 9531856175 and 9434288673. The informant will be suitably rewarded and his/her identity will be kept secret, a communication received here said.