Bookmaker, 10 gamblers nabbed

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Ten gamblers were arrested when police raided a gambler’s house in Gulshan-e-Ravi on Sunday, Pakistan Today has learnt. According to police sources, Gulshan-e-Ravi Police was informed that a wanted criminal, Shamshad, was present in House number 472-F of Gulshen-e-Ravi. Upon raiding the house, police found that a book-line was in operation on the premises along with other gambling activities. Though Shamshad could not be arrested, police were successful in apprehending ten other miscreants from the spot. Those arrested included Iftikhar, Usman, Shahid, Sajjad, Mohammed Taimur, Jamshaid, Hassan Raza, Nasir and a bookmaker Faiz Ullah. Three of their accomplices – bookmaker Malik Babar, Baber Rana and Maqsood – escaped arrest. Police also took into custody Rs 100,000, a laptop, two telephone sets, two cameras and 11 mobile phones. They said the arrested men were locked up in Gulshan-e-Ravi police station.