Bandipora, Awantipora: Acting tough against social crimes, Police have arrested 8 gamblers and seized Rs 33,040 stake money from their possession.
In a statement issued on Fridday police said “In Bandipora, a police party of Police Station Sumbal raided a gambling site at village Pushwari Naidkhai Sumbal after receiving inputs about gambling activities and apprehended 04 gamblers identified as Zahoor Ahmad Mir resident of Sopore, Zahoor Ahmad
Dar resident of Hajin, Mohd Abdullah Dar and Gh Nabi Najar both
resident of Naidkhai”.
Claiming that officers have seized playing cards and stake money of ₹28,100/- from the possession of the accused who were later arrested and shifted to PS Sumbal where they remain in custody, police in it’s statement further said “ a case FIR No. 26/2021 under relevant sections of law has been registered at
Police Station Sumbal and investigation has been initiated”.
Stating that in a similar incident in Awantipora, a police party of Police Station Khrew raided a gambling site at village Mandakpal Khrew after following an input about gambling activities , police in it’s above referred statement further said four gamblers were arrested and they were identified as Nazir Ahmad Ganaie resident of Kronchu Pampore, Khurshid Ahmad Mochi resident of Laroo Kakapora, Waseem Ahmad Sheikh resident of Kakapora and Mohammad Shafi Ganie resident of Mandekpaul”.
Claiming that playing cards and stake money of ₹4940/- were seized from the possession of accused, police in it’s statement also said that the accused were shifted to PS Khrew where they remain in custody.
Stating that a case FIR No. 08/2021 under relevant sections of law has been registered at Police Station Khrew and investigation has been initiated, police in the concluding para of it’s statement warned that people found indulging in criminal activities shall be dealt as per law and appealed people to share information regarding the crimes in their neighbourhood with the local police units.