Hyderabad: In a major raid, 50 people were booked for playing poker at the Citizens Club located in the heart of the town on Monday night, October 27.

According to a statement issued by Siddipet Assistant Commissioner of Police M Ravindar Reddy on Tuesday, October 28, the task force sleuths and Siddipet 1 Town police busted an illegal gaming activity and several were taken into custody, including Maindala Srinivas Ramesh, president of the club, and Chandireddy Srinivas Reddy, its vice-president.

Police found 50 people sitting around 6 tables playing poker, with two persons engaged in transferring the amount using Google Pay and Phone Pe transactions, while 5 persons were distributing the 20 plastic coins as per the value of money being exchanged.

According to sources, several local Bha

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