The CIA-1 unit of the district police has arrested three persons from a room in a hotel here for allegedly betting on a cricket match. The police registered a case against the three accused and initiated a probe into the matter.

The team recovered a tab, a laptop and six mobile phones from possessions of the accused. Sub Inspector (SI) Sandeep, in-charge, CIA-1, said the arrested accused were identified as Vijay, alias Rinku, of Desraj Colony, Ish of Green park, Tehsil Camp, and Ashok of Wadhawa Ram Colony.

The SI further said a team was patrolling near Ram Lal Chowk on the Assandh road when officials received a tip-off that three youths were betting on a T-20 cricket match in room No. 201 of SR Hotel here.

Following the tip-off, the team raided hotel and found three youths sitting on a bed in room No. 201. The trio had kept their mobile phones on bed and had a laptop and a tab on which T-20 match between Melbourne Renegades and Brisbane Heat was running. The accused were betting on the cricket match. The accused revealed that they were betting on the cricket match as they knew the status of the match 25 to 30 seconds earlier on the tab in comparison to the normal LED televisions. The SI said accused were produced in a court , which sent them to judicial custody. — TNS