Digital Goa, May 1- In a major statewide crackdown on matka gambling, Goa’s Crime Branch conducted raids across Panjim, Mapusa, Porvorim, Margao, Vasco, Ponda, Mandrem, and Pernem, booking 12 cases and arresting an equal number of accused. The main matka operators named in the FIRs include Chandubhai Thakkar alias D’sa and Ganeshyam Bhai (both from Ahmedabad), and Jaya Chadda from Mumbai.
Among those arrested are Ramchandra Bind (Vasco), Balappa Talwar (Fatorda), Ali Sheikh (Reis Magos), Karmaraj Kumar (Mandrem), and others. Police also seized cash and gambling paraphernalia during the raids.FIRs have been filed under the Goa Public Gambling Act and BNS, against the arrested bookies and their alleged handlers: Anna, Paresh, Subhash, Nilesh, Mousin, Gulzar, Appu Tiwari, Narayan Parab, Somnath, Bharat, Ramesh, and Amresh. Further investigations are ongoing.
