Mumbai Police on Monday said that its Crime Branch officials busted a major Cricket betting racket operating from inside the stadium and nabbed five people in connection with the case. 

According to the Mumbai Police, the officials of Unit 6 of the Mumbai Crime Branch had initially received information regarding the betting racket being operated from inside the stadium and began to investigate the matter. The crime branch officials found that on April 16, during the IPL match between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders at Wankhede Stadium in south Mumbai, a gang of five people were likely to visit the stadium and pass on the ball-toball information to their accomplices through smartphones and using an app.