Summary:
They visited the backside of the Palakkattu Mariyamman temple in Beema Nagar on Sundya and found A Petha alias Shanmuganathan, 33 from Beema Nagar and K Raju, 50 from the same area involved in selling of banned lottery ticket numbers. The selling price for his tickets was Rs 340 per ticket.Acting on a tip-off, the Palakkarai police also arrested two people. On Saturday, the city police arrested two people in connection with the lottery sales. He was arrested near Thippiran Thotty Street, police said.Gandhi Market police arrested two people at two places on Sunday, who were identified as M Raja, 33 from Manimadapasali near Gandhi Market and seized the sheet with lottery ticket numbers. The police seized two sheets of papers with ticket numbers and the price of each ticket was Rs 240.All the five people were arrested and remanded in judicial custody..