Delhi Police ACP son among 16 arrested for running illegal Casino

Casino was being run in M-block of South Extension

New Delhi, Dec. 11 (Delhi Crown): In a major crackdown, the Delhi Police on Saturday arrested as many as 16 people, including a son of an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), for running an illegal Casino in a posh colony in South Delhi.

The Casino was being run in M-block of South Extension for the last nine months by a father-son duo who are said to be Chartered Accountants by profession. “They allegedly gave protection money of Rs 1.5 lakh per month to the local police,” said media reports.

DCP (South district) Benita Mary Jaiker said all the accused were arrested under section 3 (penalty for owning/keeping gaming house) and section 4 (penalty for being found in gaming house) of the Delhi Gambling Act.

An FIR has been registered against them at Hauz Khas police station, added the DCP.

The South District Police had raided the illegal casino on Thursday.

Among those arrested include Manish Bindal (55) and his son Ankur Bindal (30), both Chartered Accountants, Vivek Jain (28), whose father Virendra Jain is an ACP in Delhi Police.

Ankur’s business partner and CA Aakash Sarda (30), Abhishek Sharma (34), Sajan Mukhia (27), Prashant Goyal (43) who runs a transport company, steel trader Moksh Arora (31), Sahil Kumar who is preparing for competitive exams, Lalit Khanna (39) who runs a consultancy firm, Sachin Gupta (44) who runs a printing firm, Kartik Kalla (48) who is the creative head at a radio firm and private company employees Damanjeet Sodhi (43), Shashank Jain (32), Himanshu Jain (34) and Arjun Arora (58).

“At the instance of the accused, we have recovered 1,000 playing chips, 37 playing bricks and Rs 1,95,000 cash stake money. Three among the arrested accused are CAs by profession and were running the gambling racket to lead a lavish life and to earn easy money,” she added.

DCP Jaiker said a team led by Inspector Atul Tyagi of the special staff of South district received information that a casino was operating in M-Block. “We immediately swung into action, a raid was conducted and 16 persons were found to be involved in gambling,” she said.

During investigation, the arrested father-son duo disclosed that they started running the casino in April this year and also gave protection money to the local police.

“The accused have disclosed the name of a police personnel who has been identified by the investigation team. They have called him for questioning,” a senior police officer said.