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He has been arrested based on the information and data collected from the earlier six arrests. Jaat was assisting others,” said the police.Deputy commissioner of police (Zone IX) Paramjit Singh Dahiya confirmed Thakkar’s arrest. MUMBAI: Santacruz police on Tuesday arrested cricket bookie Nikunj Thakkar whose involvement was established in a betting syndicate that was busted last week.With this, total seven bookies have been held for accepting bets in the recent Big Bash League T20 tournament held in Australia.On January 8, police had arrested Bipin Shah alias Bipin Indraprasth (48), Jitendra Jadhav (38), Narayan Rebari (24) and Devilal Jaat (40).Shah was arrested by the Thane Anti-Extortion Cell earlier too in a high-profile betting case. He is in custody. The racket was busted following a tip-off and raids were conducted at the Ashiyana building on Linking Road in Santacruz (West).A laptop, 14 mobiles and gadgets used for betting were seized during the raids.During the probe, it was found that the accused had rented a flat for carrying out betting activities.“Shah was coordinating and fixing rates with other bookies on phone, Jadhav was working on a laptop and Rebari was receiving calls from other bookies and customers..