The Unit 6 of Mumbai Crime Branch on Sunday arrested five people from inside the Wankhede Stadium for placing bets on the match between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knigh Riders in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023.
The cops found the accused to be betting on the match using several applications on their mobile phones.
They have seized ₹10,400, three sim cards, two debit cards, passports, five IPL tickets and Lucknow-Mumbai flight ticket seized from the accused. Assets seized are worth ₹2.20 lakh.
They have been arrested under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, the Gambling Act and IT Act.
MI defeated KKR by 5 wickets in Match 22 of IPL 2023.
KKR batter Venkatesh Iyer (104) hit a century to help the team post 185 for 6 on the board but the target wasn't enough to challenge the batting might of MI.
The five-time champions rode on Ishan Kishan's fifty (58) and useful contributions from captain Suryakumar Yadav (43) and Tilak Varma (30) to gun down the target in 17.4 overs.
