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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
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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 other day at 6:30 pm.
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.
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The Betting Act bars Nepali residents from going into casinos.
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