Losers turn informers, 450 held in Surat for gambling in 3 days

Over 450 people have been arrested by different police stations of the city for gambling in the past three days and over 75 FIRs have been registered.

Gambling arrests have been reported in the past during Bhim Agiyaras, but this year it seems the festivities continued from Friday till Sunday.

Police have seized cash and valuables worth over Rs 20 lakh from the accused. 

Most of the gambling raids were conducted in residential areas and they were successful because of exact information provided to police.

Most of the raids and FIRs were registered in areas dominated by people from Saurashtra. 

There is a tradition of gambling during Bhim Agiyaras in Saurashtra and this seems to have come to the city with people from the region who have migrated here.