Indian authorities cracking down on small time gambling rings, cock fights

Indian authorities are cracking down on all of the small-time gambling rings they can find. A pair of raids in the last week helped put an end to a couple of gaming operations, arresting both the organizers and the gamblers present, and rescuing a whole bunch of cocks.

On August 20, police arrested three alleged gang members, Gagandeep Singh, Raj Kumar Raju and Sukhwinderpal Singh Sehgal, in Ludhiana, a city in the state of Punjab. Two more members of the gang are still being sought out. In total, rs 2.6 lakh (nearly $3,500) was confiscated.

The gang had fake permission letters indicating they were allowed to run skill games at their farm house. Exactly what gambling activity was being conducted hasn’t been specified, the authorities allege that even when gamblers won, the suspects didn’t really pay out.

Another raid in Hyderabad saw 19 arrested for gambling on rooster fights. Bibinagar police raided a farm where Rs 1.5 lakh ($2,000) was confiscated.