Software Engineer Loses ₹10 Lakhs, Exposing the Scam; Telangana CID Launches Nationwide Crackdown—11 Key Operatives of Dafabet Online Betting Racket Arrested Software engineer lost Rs 10 lakhs, revelation exposed, Telangana CID’s nationwide action, 11 key operatives of Dafabet online betting racket arrested – ..

India News Live, Digital Desk : In today’s digital era, the network of online betting gangs which make innocent citizens poor by luring them to become rich overnight and earn easy money is rapidly spreading across the country. The CID wing of Telangana Police has achieved a huge and historic success against this illegal business. CID has busted a very vicious and organized gang running a betting market worth crores of rupees in many states of India through the international betting platform ‘Dafabet’. The police have arrested a total of 11 accused in this case from different states of the country, including an Afghan citizen who was running this entire nexus on commission basis. This gang used to trap the youth and educated people of the country and extort huge amount of money from them and then transfer that money to foreign countries.

Investigation started due to the waste of a software engineer, this is how the web of 46 ‘mule’ bank accounts was exposed

The story of busting this entire international racket started when a simple software engineer from Karimnagar fell into the trap of tempting advertisements and bonuses of ‘Dafabet’ app and lost Rs 9.95 lakh of his hard-earned money in betting between the year 2024 and January 2025. After everything was ruined, the victim lodged a complaint with the police. Seeing the seriousness of the case, Telangana CID Director General Charu Sinha handed over the responsibility of investigation to a Special Investigation Team (SIT). When the SIT started the technical and financial investigation, even the officers were stunned. The investigation revealed that the money looted from the engineer was spread over a total of 8 layers to hide it from the eyes of the law and for this a complex network of 46 ‘mule’ (fake) bank accounts was being used. These are such accounts which are opened in the name of poor or unknown people by luring them with money and are used by criminals for money laundering.

6 months of forensic analysis and secret trap of CID laid in 3 states

The brave men of SIT did a very detailed forensic analysis of bank transactions, suspicious mobile numbers, email IDs, social media profiles and closed WhatsApp groups for about 6 months. After this long investigation, it was found that this is not a small gang, but a huge criminal network spread in many states, which was promoting betting on cricket matches, online casino games and the famous ‘Aviator’ platform through Dafabet app. To arrest the accused, 6 special teams of CID were deployed in the country’s capital New Delhi, Gujarat and Punjab. The cunning bookies were changing their mobile phones, SIM cards and hiding places every two days to dodge the police. Despite this, the police conducted strict surveillance on the ground continuously for two weeks and finally on May 29 arrested all the 11 accused, who were brought to Hyderabad on transit warrants.

From Afghan citizens to tech experts, everyone’s work was fixed

The modus operandi of the 11 arrested accused was like that of a corporate company. Two of these were the main organizers, who received funds directly from the Dafabet main operators. The work of the three accused was only to create fake ‘Mule’ accounts of people by distributing commission. Two other accused had created several fake firms and shell companies in which the money was transferred to make the betting money appear legitimate. Four other accused looked after the arrangement of technical support and secure servers to run this entire network. At the same time, the captured Afghan national used to manage foreign networks and transactions of big mule accounts on the basis of commission.

73 cases are registered against the accused across the country, luxury vehicles and laptops seized.

Scrutinizing the official data of the National Cyber ​​Crime Reporting Portal (NCRP), it was found that more than 225 complaints and 73 serious criminal cases are already registered against this dangerous gang in many states including Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Telangana. Police have recovered 3 luxurious cars, 8 high-tech laptops, 26 mobile phones and cash worth Rs 3.21 lakh from these bookies. The CID chief cautioned the public that online betting and gambling is completely banned and illegal in Telangana. Police have so far registered 414 strict cases against various illegal online betting applications across the state and this campaign will continue further.