Former Pakistan Test off-
spinner and current umpire Akram
Raza has been arrested after police
conducted a raid to bust a gang of
bookmakers taking illegal bets on
the ongoing Indian Premier League
matches.
"We arrested seven men from a
plaza in Liberty area in Gulberg
today and one of them has been
identified as Akram Raza a former
Pakistan player," a senior police
officer at the Gulberg police station
said.
He said the police had got a tip off
that a gang of known bookmakers
was running a book on the IPL in the
liberty area and conducted the raid.
"We recovered cash, mobile phones
and many telephone numbers in
India," he said.
He said the arrested persons
including Raza had been lodged at
the Gulberg station but not charged
as yet.
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