Six cricket betting rackets busted in Andhra’s Sri Sathya Sai district

The police produced the accused in the online betting racket before the media at Kadiri in Sri Sathya Sai district on Friday. | Photo credit: BY ARRANGEMENT

Kadiri division of Sri Sathya Sai district on Friday (October 9, 2026) busted an online betting racket linked to illegal gaming app IPLWIN and arrested six people on charges of providing bank accounts for transactions.

Superintendent of Police S. Satish Kumar said the police seized ₹6,77,400 in cash, six mobile phones, one laptop and nine passbooks of AP Grameen Bank.

The SP said the operation was led by Deputy SP (Kadiri) Sivanarayana Swamy, Inspector B. Venkateswarlu and Sub-Inspector K. Babajan. According to credible information, the team nabbed the gang at 2.30 pm near Cheruvu Katta locality in Kadiri town.

The arrested were identified as Paran Jabeer Khan (24), Akula Ganesh (24), Dandagala Vijay Kumar (24), F. Maulali (28), Chintamanu Ganesh (26) and Devishetti Manoj (25), all from Kutagulla area of ​​Kadiri.

The main accused (A1) Paran Jabid Khan, (A2) M. Dwarkanath Reddy, (A3) Indra Teja and (A4) P. Anil Kumar are absconding and a special team has been formed to trace them, police said.

Police said that A1 to A4 created a telegram channel of Priiya with the number +84 and lured youths promising easy earnings. They collected bank accounts, linked them to IPLWIN, routed the money as instructed and paid ₹1,000 to ₹2,000 per lakh commission every Monday.

The SP said that after their own accounts were frozen, they used family accounts and paid ₹5,000 per passbook but kept the account holders secret about the transactions. The seized devices contained Telegram chats. SP warned the public against sharing bank details for kickbacks as it would be liable for illegal transactions.

Published – 9th October 2026 20:00 IST