Meerut (UP), Jul 17 (PTI) Forty-three people, including nine women, were arrested on Sunday after an illegal casino was uncovered in the Partapur area here, police said.

Acting on a tip-off, a raid was conducted on the Octri Marriage Home in which 43 people were arrested and Rs 6 lakh cash seized, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Rohit Singh Sajwan said.

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Those arrested are from Nepal, Delhi, Gujarat and Uttarakhand among other places, he said, adding they were being produced in a court.

Among them, Kapil and Ravi of Delhi, and Piyush Garg of Dehradun were involved in a gambling racket, the SSP said.

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It has come to the notice of the police that these people had organised similar events in Dehradun and Goa.

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