Over 50 arrested for gambling in 3 raids across Nashik

Nashik | Wednesday | 20th March, 2019

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Nashik: The city police on Sunday raided three gambling dens and arrested over 50 people under the Public Gambling Act.In the first raid conducted by the Nashik police, as many as 11 people were arrested from a gambling den. “On getting information about the gambling den behind Swagat Society on Jail Road, a team was sent there on Sunday at 2pm. The police, however, confiscated articles and cash worth Rs5,790 from the place where the gambling was being done.In the third raid conducted by the Panchavati police on the ground floor of BZ Plaza building at 5.45pm, 13 people were arrested for gambling. A senior police officer said they have intensified their action against all illegal activities in the city on backdrop of the elections. After the raid, 11 people, including Baban Sayaji Pagare (48), were arrested..