Port Blair, Sept 05: On 03/09/2021 late evening, when SHO/Mayabunder was on patrolling, he received an information that a car is parked in an isolated area and some persons are sitting in that. That sounded suspicious as to what those persons might be doing in the car by parking in an isolated area, he decided to send a police team and get the information checked. When the police team reached there, they found that three persons namely Proshanta Biswas R/o Swadeshnagar, Billiground, Gokul Baroi R/o Pinaki Nagar, Billiground and P. Sakthivel R/o Mayabunder were gambling in the car, putting bet money on the game of cards. The police team carried out the proceedings of seizures etc. as per the legal procedure. The persons were booked for the violation of Gambling Regulation with the seizure of bet money amount to Rs. 1.07 Lakhs. The raid and legal proceedings were done by SHO/Mayabunder Insp. Usman Ali under the supervision SDPO/Diglipur Shri. R.K.Sharma.
Strict action by the district police on any information given by the public is winning the trust of the people and they are coming forward to share the information with police, though most of them prefer that their names be kept secret.