The Bhuj Border Range Cyber Cell conducted a raid in Gujarat’s Patan and arrested Bharat Chaudhary, a resident of Ahmedabad, in connection with a massive ₹5,215 crore cricket betting scam on July 29.
As part of the investigation, a police team has been deployed in Ahmedabad to conduct further inquiries. The team will be searching Chaudhary’s residence in Gota, and collecting call detail records to gather more information about his connections.
DYSP (Deputy Superintendent of Police) B B Bhagora of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) said, “a police team has been dispatched to Ahmedabad to conduct a search of Bharat Chaudhary’s residence. The police are also collecting call details, bank account information, and website details to trace his activities.”
The police also found 68 bank accounts linked to Chaudhary’s mobile phone.
Chaudhary has been sent under police remand for one month. His phone was found to contain passport photos of Saurabh alias Mahadev, Dilip Prajapati, Ravikumar Singh, and Ronak Prajapati.
Investigations have revealed that Chaudhary was operating a hawala racket in partnership with Saurabh Chandrakar alias Mahadev and Atul Agrawal, both based in Dubai.
The police are investigating if Chaudhary was involved in any other criminal activities and have alerted all districts to prevent the accused from fleeing the country.