Visakhapatnam, May 13 -- The Visakhapatnam police in Andhra Pradesh arrested 24 people involved in an international online betting syndicate allegedly linked to transactions and public losses worth around Rs 1,500 crore, officials said.

According to Visakhapatnam Police Commissioner Shankhabrat Bagchi, the gang was operating online betting activities across several Indian states as well as in Sri Lanka.

"The city police have caught one international online betting gang. 24 people have been arrested in this case. More than 500 crore has been transacted till now, which has come to our notice. We have arrested these criminals from different states in the country. The mastermind is Gabbar, who was arrested in Kolkata," the police commission...