Team News Riveting
Raipur, March 21
A police party raided the Indian Coffee House (ICH) in Durg district of Chhattisgarh and arrested five persons gambling in the hotel room.
The arrested persons have been identified as well-known traders of Durg city. The staff Sunday night informed the police about the suspicious activities of a few persons inside the room of railway station branch of ICH, a restaurant chain in India run by Indian Coffee Workers’ Co-operative Society (ICWCS), which set up the first Indian Coffee House on 7 August 1958 in Kerala’s Thalassery.
Acting on the information, City Superintendent of Police Jitendra Yadav raided the hotel with his team and discovered big traders of the city gambling in the room. The traders were reluctant to open the room but the police party forced them to get the passage.
Besides a cash of Rs 37,000, police recovered cards and other materials from the spot. All five traders have been arrested under the relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Gambling Act.
The police were also investigating how five persons could have entered the room where only two guests were allowed. In fact, it was on the tip off from the ICH staff that police could bust the gamblers belonging to the renowned business families of the city.
