13 individuals who gathered a spot within the metropolis’s Chhawni Mohalla, a Covid-19 containment zone, to guess on card video games had been arrested on Sunday evening and ₹1.48 lakh in money recovered from their possession.
Police gave the names of the lads arrested as Akshay Kumar, Joginder Kumar, Lakhan, Rohit of Chawni Mohalla, Rohit Kumar of Sham Nagar, Anil Kumar of Preet Nagar, Ashok Kumar of Dharamkotia Colony, Darshan Kumar of Salem Tabri, Sanjeev Kumar of Jain Colony, Vinod Kumar of Rishi Nagar, Mani Kumar of Qilla Mohalla, Raman Kumar and Joginder Pal of Ghumar Mandi.
Police raided the spot after being tipped off about males gathering there and betting on card video games and arrested them, stated assistant sub inspector Harbans Lal.
A case was registered beneath sections of 188 (disobedience to orders duly promulgated by public servant); 269 (whoever unlawfully or negligently does any act which is prone to unfold the an infection of any illness harmful to dwell); 270 (Malignant act prone to unfold an infection of diseased harmful to life) of IPC, part Three of Epidemic Illness Act; and 13, 3, 67 of the Playing Act.