Gambling party busted at city farmhouse, equipment seized

Forty-seven people were arrested from an illegal casino set up at a farmhouse in Dera village near Chhatarpur in south Delhi on Tuesday, the Delhi Police said on Friday.

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Entry to the facility, created by a group of five businessmen friends from Faridabad, could be obtained by using a password: "Guruji", police said, adding that the organisers had employed 20 young women to serve alcohol "to attract and lure other players".

The five organisers, who were also previously booked under the Delhi Gambling Act, were among those arrested, police said. Special commissioner of police (crime branch) Ravindra Yadav said that the men also brought alcohol to serve their guests.

He identified the alleged culprits as Amit Kumar, Satender Sehgal, Sahil Gujral, Tejinder Singh and Mithun Taneja, all aged between 29 and 43 years. The men worked various businesses, from confectionary shops to dealing in scrap material, said the officer.