New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) A gambling den being run in a 3-star hotel located in northwest Delhi has been busted and eight people arrested eight in this connection, police said on Monday.
The accused were identified as Mohit Sharma, Rishab Jaitley, Aman Gupta, Sachin Chhabra, Manav, Deepak Agarwal, Saurabh Chabbras and Sachin, all residents of Delhi.
DCP, North West, Usha Rangnani said on the night of February 6, a tip-off was received that some persons were involved in gambling activities in a three-star hotel situated in Panchwati Area, Adarsh Nagar.
"Keeping in view of the nature & sensitivity of the information, facts were verified and accordingly a search warrant of the said premise was obtained from the competent authority," the DCP said.
Subsequently, a team was constituted which raided the premises at Food-16 Restaurant cum Hotel, Adarsh Nagar, Delhi, where in Room No. 306-307, eight persons were found involved in gambling activities."They were apprehended with toy notes (similar to Indian currency) with face value of Rs 1.5 lakhs and around 200 tokens carrying values of Rs 100 and 50 denominations and 2 decks of playing cards were recovered from the spot," the DCP said.
Police have registered an FIR under sections 3, 4 and 55 of the Gambling Act and further probe is on into the case.
Appearing for the Punjab government, Senior Advocate P. Chidambaram argued that Majithia has gone into hiding after the rejection of his bail plea in the Punjab and Haryana High Court, and now he is appearing through counsel.
Interestingly, the move comes a week after neighbouring Madhya Pradesh permitted liquor sales at all its airports, select supermarkets in four major cities and also allowed issuing home bar licences to those earning Rs 1 crore or more annually.
The incident took place on Wednesday and the accused are said to be illicit liquor sellers in the area. It has been alleged that the woman was also gang-raped. A video of the incident showed the woman being attacked.
Both Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and state Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu have urged Rahul Gandhi to announce a CM face well ahead of the polls, instead of going with the collective leadership.
The ministry of external affairs organised the summit virtually on Thursday which was attended by the heads of all five Central Asian countries -- Republic of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Republic of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Republic of Uzbekistan.
Harcharan Bains, Principal Advisor to SAD President Sukhbir Singh Badal, shared documents pertaining to the reported abuse of the state intelligence wing by a private company, Movedek Politico. Bains said there are credible reports that the highest-ranked police officers of the state were asked to collaborate with the private company in intelligence gathering.
