Srinagar: Police have arrested 6 gamblers from a gambling site in Ganderbal & Srinagar and seized ₹ 21,840/- stake money.
A police statement issued on Monday said “ In Ganderbal, a police party from Police Post Shadipora under the supervision of DySP Hqrs Ganderbal raided a gambling site at Narayan Bagh following an input about gambling activities and apprehended two gamblers identified as Ishfaq Ahmad Dar resident of Lathi Authkhroo and Ghulam Rasool Gulla resident of Narayan Bagh.
Claiming that officers have seized stake money of ₹15,500/- and playing cards from the gamblers, police in it’s statement said that the accused have been shifted to Police Station Ganderbal where they remain in custody, adding that a case FIR No. 34/2021 under relevant sections of law has been registered in Police Station Ganderbal and investigation has been initiated.
Stating that in a similar case in Srinagar, a police party from PS Shergarhi raided a gambling site following an input about gambling activities and apprehended four gamblers identified as Mushtaq Ahmad Sheikh, Aijaz Ahmad Khan, Parvaiz Ahmad Parry all residents of Haft Chinar Srinagar and Lateef Ahmad Dar resident of Alochibagh Srinagar, police in it’s above referred statement said that Officers seized stake money of ₹6,340/- and playing cards from the gamblers and shifted them to Police Station Shergarhi where they remain in custody.
Saying that a case FIR No. 11/2021 under relevant sections of law has been registered in Police Station Shergarhi 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.
