Cricket betting racket bused in Andhra’s Sri Sathya Sai district, six arrested
Police in Andhra Pradesh's Sri Sathya Sai district arrested six individuals involved in an online betting racket linked to the IPLWIN app. The gang allegedly used local bank accounts to facilitate illegal transactions and lured youth with promises of easy money.
Why it matters
Demonstrates the growing threat of organized cyber-enabled financial crime and the exploitation of vulnerable individuals for money laundering.
The Kadiri sub-division police of Sri Sathya Sai district on Friday (October 9, 2026) busted an online betting racket linked to the illegal gaming app IPLWIN and arrested six people on charges of providing bank accounts for transactions.
Superintendent of Police S. Satish Kumar said that the police seized ₹6,77,400 cash, six cell phones, one laptop, and nine passbooks of A.P. Grameena Bank.
The SP said that the operation was led by Deputy SP (Kadiri) Sivanarayana Swamy, Inspector B. Venkateswarlu and Sub-Inspector K. Babajan. On credible information, the team nabbed the gang at 2.30 pm near Cheruvu Katta locality in Kadiri town.
The arrested were identified as Paran Jabeer Khan (24), Akula Ganesh (24), Dandagala Vijay Kumar (24), F. Maulali (28), Chintamanu Ganesh (26), and Devishetti Manoj (25), all from Kutagulla area in Kadiri.
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