Bhubaneswar: The police have busted an Indian Premier League (IPL) betting racket in Odisha’s Sundargarh district and arrested five persons in this regard. The betting racket was operating from Rajgangpur area in Sundargarh.

Acting on a tip-off, Sundargarh SP directed the Rajgangpur police to take immediate action against the betting racket. Accordingly, a police team comprising five personnel conducted the raid on Sunday and arrested five members of the racket.

The arrested have been identified as Ranjan Kumar Sa, Rahul Sahu, Sanjay Kumar Mistry, Umesh Seth and Niranjan Sahu. The cops have seized Rs 6 lakh in cash and five mobile phones from the accused persons. They have also frozen Rs 17.61 lakh in bank accounts.

“We have registered a case in this regard under various Sections of the BNS, OPG Act and PROG Act and launched a probe to ascertain the wider network linkages of the betting racket,” said an official of Rajgangpur police.