Eight arrested for gambling

Our Correspondent

Silchar, April 29: Cachar police is on a role. Acting on a tip off,  agile and active police team led by DSP headquarters along with Sadar police personnel, conducted a raid at Nagapatty, Radha Madhab road of Silchar. The raid was simultaneously conducted at 5 to 6 different shops where large number of ‘teer’ gambling ticket booklets, 3 numbers of calculator, 2 clip boards, 7 ‘teer’ register, 10 ‘teer’ ending chart, 3 laptops, cash worth Rs.4800, one steel box containing 1000 ‘teer’ booklets were seized.

Eight persons have also been arrested by the police. They are Ranjit Saha, Sirajuddin Choudhury, Safiqur Rahman Sadial, Banti Baidakar, Maru Das Rupesh Kumar Singh, Zahir ul Islam Barbhuiyan and Abdul Miya in connection with Silchar Police Station case no 1315/18 under section 4/15 Assam Game and Betting Prohibition.