Nalanda, October 20 (NEWS IN BIHAR). While on the festival of Diwali, people celebrate by lighting lamps in their homes and welcome Goddess Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth, some people taint the sanctity of the festival due to their bad habits.

A similar case has come to light in Katrisarai police station area where a house was turned into a gambling den. Just 200 meters away from the police station, a casino-like environment for gambling was created in the house of Ankit Yadav, a resident of Sundarpur. There was a constant gathering of gamblers here.

Acting on a tip-off, the police conducted a surprise raid in which ?9,870 in cash, 15 large mobile phones, 2 small mobiles, and 10 packets of playing cards were recovered. The police have also arrested 17 gamblers from the spot, including 6 minors (age 13 to 15 years).

The arrested accused have been identified as Dhananjay Paswan, Arun Kumar (Sangat Tola), Chhotu Kumar (Ahiyachak), Praveen Kumar, Pankaj Kumar Ankit Raj (Qatari Sarai Bazaar), Sahilkumar (Phusro, Jharkhand), Sonu Chaudhary (Pihapa, Jharkhand), Deepak Kumar, Ajaykumar (Jawaharchak) and Amit Kumar (Lal Bigha, Nawada). Police Station Head Dharmendra Kumar said that carried out on intelligence This action was being led by Additional Police Station Head Aditya Kumar. Necessary legal action is being taken against all the accused and the process of sending them to jail is underway.

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/ Pramod Pandey