An interstate online betting racket having links with gangsters operating from Dubai have been busted by the Anti Extortion Cell (AEC) of the Mumbai Crime Branch. The AEC has so far arrested five bookies in the matter for placing betting on T20 World Cup final match played between England and Pakistan last Sunday.

According to the crime branch, a tip-off was received on Sunday while a match was being played between England and Pakistan, that group of people placed online betting sitting in a hotel in Dadar. During the raids, police arrested two accused and seized one diary, cash, and some mobile phones.