Police have arrested as many as 19 people for alleged illegal gambling, following a raid at the Football Training Academy office near MA Aziz Stadium in the port city.
The raid was carried out by a team from Kotwali police station on Tuesday night, on a tip-off. "We caught the 19 people red-handed," said Nezam Uddin, officer-in-charge of Kotwali police station.
“Police seized Tk6.75 lakh from the possession of the accused,” he said, indicating the involvement of a gambling syndicate in the stadium area.
The accused have been identified as Mohammad Iqbal, 36, Akbar Hossain, 27, Touhidul Islam, 36, Md Abbas, 42, Md Karim, 30, Md Shohagh, 29, Touhidul Alam, 41, Helal Uddin, 63, Farid, 35, Mahmudul Haque, 30, Sumon, 30, Mansur, 30, Kaiyum, 40, Muslim Uddin, 28, Rana, 40, Babul, 35, Jashim Uddin, 38, Rubel Uddin, 32 and Emran Uddin, 50.
