The crime branch raided a high-profile gambling den in Himsagar Apartment on Ramnagar-Shankar Nagar road. The raid was carried out at 8.30 p.m. on Thursday.
The crime branch had received information that high-profile gamblers were present at Himsagar Apartment’s flat number 206. As a result, a team of cops led by ACP Roshan Pandit was ordered to enter the apartment one by one in plain clothes.
The accused were seen gambling with cash worth lakhs as soon as the team entered the flat.
Police arrested Suresh Dharamdas Premani (48 years, Pyramid City, Jaripatka), Siddiqui Farooqui Katchi (40 years, Bengali Panja. Tehsil). Radheshyam Hanuman Prasad Sharma (45 years, Himsagar Apartment, Omprakash Notwani (33 Ambazari), Roshan years, Sindhi Colony, Khamla), Suraj Khemlal Kuwar (42 years, Himsagar Apartment, Ambazari), Keshav Shashidhar Ariyal (28 years, Himsagar Apartment, Ambazari), Prashant Natwarlal Lakhani (49 years, Tata Capital Heights, Medical Chowk), Karunakar Krishna Reddy ( 39 years, Rachna Saitara Apartment, Hazari Pahad), Babarao Marotrao Thawre (48 years, Bhoomi Layout, Samtanagar) and Manish Gopichand (33 years, Khamla) were taken into custody. A huge quantity of foreign liquor was also recovered from the spot.
