Noida (UP), Jan 3 (PTI) Thirty-five people were arrested here Thursday in a crackdown on public gambling, police said.

The accused were held in Bishanpura village, under Sector 58 police station limits, they said.

"We had got a tip-off about the gambling in the village after which a team of officials went to the spot and the offenders were arrested," a police spokesperson said.

Rs 23,940 were also recovered from the spot, he added.

All the accused have been charged under Section 13 of The Public Gambling Act, 1867, and remanded in judicial custody, the spokesperson said.

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)