AGARTALA, Feb 21 (TIWN): On yet another major breakthrough, Tripura police under the leadership of SDPO Rajendra Datta acting on a tip off had busted another gambling racket here at Battala area on Saturday.

Talking to TIWN correspondent on Saturday, Sub Divisional Police Officer (SDPO), Sadar- Rajendra Datta conducted an anti-gambling operation at Battala and Barjala market. During the tip-off search, police booked about 15 gamblers with huge cash and few note books from the spots.

After conducting raid, about 15 people were arrested from the spot, however few others also managed to flee away from the spot.

Several other gamblers fled away when police raided the area. A large section of youths including schools goers and aged persons are being addicted bitterly in gambling and drugs. And to retain them in normal life, police are playing active role in this regard”, said police. More such drives will be conducted in the different parts of the city in future, added police.

SDPO said, “We managed to detain those gamblers today from Battala and also seized a huge amount of cash”.

He further said few gambling tickets were also recovered from the spot along with calculators. The West P.S. police conducting a raid at Battala area had detained at 15 people, found engaged to the ending business.

The illegal business of ending and gambling has been rampant here in Tripura-capital at every nook and corner with the gamblers making a hefty profit. Surprising, but one cannot deny to the fact that a large section of people belong to a good and patterned family are found engaged to the ending and gambling business who simply put hefty amount and sometimes return empty handed.

The capital city has now gained a thrust for this illegal business. At the same time the young generation is on the verge of destruction, while anti- social activities going on at full swing from morning to evening all across the state.

However, the business has turned much profitable for a section of people of the state while the others engaged to the activity have been suffering from a great loss, as a section of young boys of the present age secretly takes the money from their parents to get engage to ending-gambling play cards.

Over the past decades addictions to gambling, have grown to an accelerated rate. Not only adults, but teenagers are gambling without realizing the consequences.