Inside Ahmedabad's biggest gambling bust: CCTV vigil, hidden money and sophisticated betting system

IANS | August 7, 2026 5:55 PM

Ahmedabad, Aug 7 (IANS) Five days after Gujarat Police's State Monitoring Cell (SMC) raided Ahmedabad's Manpasand Gymkhana and apprehended 187 people in one of the state's biggest gambling crackdowns in recent years, investigators say the operation has revealed not merely an illegal card room but a carefully designed system intended to keep cash out of sight, frustrate enforcement officials and present the activity as a harmless club recreation.