Five persons held for betting on cricket matches

Islamabad, January 24, 2018 (PPI-OT):Criminal Investigation Agency (CIA) of Islamabad police have arrested five persons betting on a cricket match during raid at a flat in sector E-11, a police spokesman said. He said that Inspector General of Police Islamabad Sultan Azam Temuri and Senior Superintendent of Police (Operations) Najeeb ur Rehman Bugvi assigned the task to SP (Investigation) Zubair Ahmed Sheikh for effective crackdown against those involved in gambling activities. He constituted a special team headed by DSP Ashraf Shah including ASI Hanif Kamal and others.

This team raided at the house in sector E-11/1 and arrested five persons for betting on cricket matches. Police recovered 16 mobile phones, one lap top, two decoders, five registers and one LED from them. The nabbed persons have been identified as Zubair, Ajab Khan, Kamran, Gulfam and Farhad while further investigation is underway from them. SSP Islamabad Najeeb ur Rehman Bugvi has appreciated this performance of CIA police team.

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