Four people were arrested on Monday for allegedly accepting bets on the India–Sri Lanka cricket match on Sunday night, Indian media reported.
A raid was conducted jointly by the Khadakpada police and the unit III of the Thane Crime Branch in a residential building on Gandhari Road in Kalyan. “We had received information that a gang with international links was operating from one of the flats. Four suspects were detained, and 15 cell phones, two laptops, six notebooks, and ₹1 lakh in cash were recovered,” an officer with the Thane Crime Branch. was quoted as telling the Hindu.
The four were questioned, and after preliminary inquiries, the police booked them under the Maharashtra Gambling Act, Indian Telegraph Act, and the Information Technology Act. They were arrested on Monday morning.
A Sri Lanka Air Force Bell 212 helicopter belonging to the No. 72 squadron has crashed into the Madhuru Oya reservoir this morning, Air FOrce Media Spokesman Eranda Geeganage said.
Update: Five of the twelve passengers on board the bell 212 aircraft that crashed into the Maduru Oya today, have succumbed to their injuries, the SLAF said.
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