Port Blair, Jan 6: The team of Police Station Humfrygunj has busted a gambling den and arrested 05 persons along with recovery of Rs. 35,230/- from the spot.

Upon receipt of credible information regarding gambling at Sippighat, UP Tikrey, a Police team comprising SI Anik Das, SHO PS Humfrygunj along with HC/Bijoy Sarkar, HC/Abdul Basir, PC/Akbar Ali, PC/Sabraj Mohammed, PC/Aurangzeb Ahmed, PC/Rohan Lal and PC/Arun Kumar raided in a gambling den on 04/02/2022 at Sippighat, UP Tikrey and arrested 05 persons involved in gambling of Rs. 35,230/- and a deck of playing cards was also recovered from the possession of offenders identified as 1) N Ramakrishna S/o- Late Naveenethan Krishna (36) yrs, private driver R/o Garacharma near Kali Mandir 2) K Kalai Selvam S/o Late Karuppaiah (28) yrs, private driver, R/o Bhatubasti near check post 3) Wajeed Hussain S/o Anwar Hussain (30) yrs, private worker R/o Garacharma near TTI college 4) Chithiravelu Ganeshan S/o Late Ganeshan (35) yrs, Private painter R/o- Brichgunj near Laxmi hotel 5) Rajesh S/o Shri Man Bahadur (28) yrs, private cook R/o Nayagaon near Aeris Bar.

The South Andaman District Police is committed to eradicate all anti-social activities from the society and the team of Police Station Humfrygunj has once again proved its commitment in this direction.

The entire operation was conducted under the supervision of SDPO Bambooflat Shri Saurabh Chandra, DANIPS.

General public is hereby requested to pass credible information regarding any anti-social activities noticed in their locality. Identity of the informer will be kept secret.