The Cyberabad police on Monday, June 23, busted an online betting racket and ordered 10 websites to be shut down. Four people were arrested.
The move is a part of a crackdown against Telegram users, unauthorised betting websites, and mule accounts.
The accused were identified as Chinnamsetti Naga Rakesh, who operated Telegram accounts “ICC Toss Reports”, “ICC Toss and Hanuman”; Pottavathini Deepak: “The Mars Toss”, “The Mars
Line”, “Magical Mars” and “Monthly Mars”; Guguloth Sri Ram Naik: “Sahara”, “Sahara Toss”, “Telugu Toss Line” and “Leo Fire”; and Hemanth Kumar: “ICC Cricket Ground Report” and “Balaji Cricket Analyst.”
They operated: www.stakeid.com, www.lotusplay247.com, www.royalbook365.com, www.govinda365.io, www.VIPBook.com, www.Fairplay.com, www.Lotusexchange.com, www.winbuzz.com, www.ultrawin.com, 10.www.ultrawin.games: websites which remain shut down.