The accused, April 12 -- Verna police smashed an illegal IPL betting operation in Sancoale during a late-night raid from 10:39 PM April 11 to 3:33 AM April 12. Targeting a first-floor hideout at Shindolim, officers caught four men red-handed taking bets on the Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals match.

Pranjal Tiwari (23), Amar Dawda (33), Shashank Kumar Sahu (19) from Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, and Sandeep Singh (23), hailed from outside Goa. Police seized 10 mobiles, two laptops, a tablet, router, and Rs 37,000 cash, totaling Rs 2.5 lakh in value.

An FIR under Sections 3 and 4 of the Goa Public Gambling Act was filed at Verna station. PSI Prisly Carvalho leads the probe under PI Anand Shirodkar and DySP Gurudas Kadam.

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