Major online gambling ring shuttered in India

Police in the city of Indore, India travelled to Mumbai this week to arrest the ringleader of an illegal online gambling enterprise that operated across the nation and in fifteen other countries, according to local media reports.

The arrest of Ramesh Chaurasiya followed intensive police investigations into the ring, which spokesmen claim turned over Rs 200 crores (around US$32 million) annually.

Indore Police Superintendent Amrendra Singh told reporters:

“Accused Ramesh Chaurasiya, resident of Mumbai, was wanted in various cases, and we sent a team to Mumbai to arrest him. During investigation, it was also learnt that the accused had the biggest online gambling network in the country with an annual turnover of Rs 200 crores.”

The police spokesman added that Chaurasiya had founded a company titled Chaurasiya Finance Pvt Ltd and prepared software for online gambling. He said that cases under various sections of gambling laws have been registered against the accused in a number of Indian states, and that investigations are continuing.

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