INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Nine business people, a few of whom are & lsquo; popular faces ‘& in business fraternity, were sent to five-day cops custody after being
jailed from a gaming den last night
Deputy Superintendent of Police Raj Kumar KC, also the spokesperson for Metropolitan Cops Variety, Teku, stated Kathmandu District
Administration Office sent them to authorities custody for additional investigation
Amongst the detained are Bimal Kumar Khetan, Ram Chandra Sanghai
, Ashok Kumar Agrawal, Purushottam Agrawal, Suresh Kumar Agrawal, Govinda
Ram Sariya, Nanda Kishor Sharma, Bimal Ahuja and Nikki Jogai
Jogai, an Indian nationwide, is the owner of a hotel, according to cops
Sanghai is managing director of Sanghai group and Ashok Kumar Agrawal is handling director of Vishal Group
Acting on a tip-off, Metropolitan Cops Circle, Durbarmarg, had robbed the gaming den at Kamaladi-based Gangaur Regency Boutique Hotel the
A group led by DSP Ranjan Dahal had busted the bettors
Authorities have actually taken Rs 27,700 million and 179 gambling establishment chips from the gambling den
Police stated although the quantity confiscated from such high-profile gamblers was little in comparison to similar cases they
had split in
the past, the arrested might have valued the casino chips at higher limit than the typical market value
DSP Dahal stated, & Normally, the worth of such coins is Rs 500 to Rs 1,000 in gambling establishments, however we are examining if they had
actually increased the worth , so that the quantity would not be very high in case they were detained
The Betting Act bars Nepali residents from going into casinos
A version of this post appears in e-paper on June 03, 2020 of The Himalayan Times.
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