₹3.5 crore cash seized from online betting racket operator in east Delhi

A 45-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly running an online betting racket through multiple mobile applications and online gaming portals and ₹3.5 crore cash has been recovered from his apartment, said police a day after his arrest on Monday.

A laptop and a mobile phone used in the crime have also been recovered. Deputy commissioner of police (east) Priyanka Kashyap said, “The income tax department has been informed about the recovery of the cash. The arrested man’s links with betting operators based in foreign countries, such as Dubai, are being probed.”

The man has been identified as Sanjeev Rathore, a mechanical engineer originally from Uttar Pradesh, who was living in an apartment in IP Extension for the past three years.