Hyderabad, July 16 -- Police busted a gambling racket in the Rajendranagar zone of Hyderabad and arrested seven persons who were allegedly playing cards for stakes at an open ground in Attapur, officials said on Thursday, July 16.

Acting on a tip-off, a joint team of the Task Force, Rajendranagar Zone, and Attapur Police raided the spot behind a Hanuman temple in Panduranganagar late Wednesday evening, July 15, and caught the seven accused in the act, the police said.

Cash, phones, playing cards seized

The accused, all aged between 26 and 50 and working as labourers, are residents of Panduranganagar and Attapur, with some hailing originally from Karnataka's Gulbarga and Yadgir districts, according to the police.

Police said cash amoun...