Six gamblers arrested from Malisahi in Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar: Continuing crackdown against gamblers in the Capital city, Kharvel Nagar police on Sunday raided another den here and arrested six persons on charges of gambling.

According to sources, the gamblers were nabbed during raid at a house in MaliSahi late last night.

For the past several days, police had been receiving information of gambling in the locality following which they planned to raid the colony yesterday. The cops have also seized Rs 13,750 from the possession of those arrested, sources added.

“Six persons from the area were found gambling during raid. The arrested have been identified as K Madhab, Benudhar Sethi, Narasingh Reddy, Jagaya Reddy, B Prasad and P Balaram,” said Kharvel Nagar IIC.