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15-year-old boy invites Lucknow youth to join ‘Lashkar’ on WhatsApp!
Lucknow: A local Lucknow youth yesterday approached police after he received a link on WhatsApp to join a group created in the name of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). Police have traced the message to a 15-year-old boy in Bhilwada, Rajasthan, and have alerted their counterparts in that state.
A class 9 student is accused of inviting members of a WhatsApp group to join another group named ‘Lashkar-e-Taiba’ (LeT), said Uttar Pradesh police. The schoolboy hails from Bhilwara district of Rajasthan. The invitation was sent a few days ago.
The Uttar Pradesh registered a case after a youth reported to them that he has received the invitation on WhatsApp from the group named “Lashkar-e-Taiba”. According to IG Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) Asim Arun, it was not yet clear whether the youth joined the LeT group or not.
“When the members of the group clicked on the invitation link, there was nothing. An FIR has been registered against the sender of the invitation under sections of the IPC and the IT Act. We have also informed the UP Anti-Terrorist Squad,” Lucknow cyber-crime cell nodal officer Abhay Mishra told news agency media persons.
“The number from which the invitation had come was tracked. It was found the invitation had come from Bhilwara district of Rajasthan. We are working with the Rajasthan Police on this case,” Arun added. The sender is likely to be questioned today.
Meanwhile, an FIR has been lodged against unidentified people under IPC Section 153-A and Section 66-F of the IT Act.
The Lucknow youth, identified as 20-year-old Manoj Kumar Gupta (20), received the “invitation” on a WhatsApp group.
Boy from Rajasthan invites Lucknow youth to join ‘Lashkar’ on WhatsApp!:
He also received another message to join the “MIM,” the name of which couldn’t be ascertained.
When he clicked on the links, “there was nothing,” said Abhay Mishra, cybercrime cell.
But as a “responsible citizen,” Gupta informed police about it.
ATS IG Asim Arun said that by the time they started investigations, the ‘Lashkar-e-Taiba’ group had expired and so no data could be recovered.
The Rajasthan police is expected to question the Class 9 student in the matter.
Both state’s police are cooperating with each other.
Earlier this month, the anti-terror squad (ATS) had arrested a Ghazipur resident who had been radicalized through messaging groups.
The State Scores Extra High on Gaming-Friendly Industry Index
Meghalaya scored 92.85 out of 100 possible points in a Gaming Industry Index and proved to be India’s most gaming-friendly state following its recent profound legislation changes over the field allowing land-based and online gaming, including games of chance, under a licensing regime.
The index by the UK India Business Council (UKIBC) uses a scale of 0 to 100 to measure the level of legalisation on gambling and betting achieved by a state based on the scores over a set of seven different games – lottery, horse racing, betting on sports, poker, rummy, casino and fantasy sports
Starting from February last year, Meghalaya became the third state in India’s northeast to legalise gambling and betting after Sikkim and Nagaland. After consultations with the UKIBC, the state proceeded with the adoption of the Meghalaya Regulation of Gaming Act, 2021 and the nullification of the Meghalaya Prevention of Gambling Act, 1970. Subsequently in December, the Meghalaya Regulation of Gaming Rules, 2021 were notified and came into force.
All for the Tourists
The move to legalise and license various forms of offline and online betting and gambling in Meghalaya is aimed at boosting tourism and creating jobs, and altogether raising taxation revenues for the northeastern state. At the same time, the opportunities to bet and gamble legally will be reserved only for tourists and visitors.
“We came out with a Gaming Act and subsequently framed the Regulation of Gaming Rules, 2021. The government will accordingly issue licenses to operate games of skill and chance, both online and offline,” said James P. K. Sangma, Meghalaya State Law and Taxation Minister speaking in the capital city of Shillong. “But the legalized gambling and gaming will only be for tourists and not residents of Meghalaya,” he continued.
To be allowed to play, tourists and people visiting the state for work or business purposes will have to prove their non-resident status by presenting appropriate documents, in a process similar to a bank KYC (Know Your Customer) procedure.
Meghalaya Reaches Out to a Vast Market
With 140 millions of people in India estimated to bet regularly on sports, and a total of 370 million desi bettors around prominent sporting events, as per data from one of the latest reports by Esse N Videri, Meghalaya is set to reach out and take a piece of a vast market.
Estimates on the financial value of India’s sports betting market, combined across all types of offline channels and online sports and cricket predictions and betting platforms, speak about amounts between $130 and $150 billion (roughly between ₹9.7 and ₹11.5 lakh crore).
Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Delhi are shown to deliver the highest number of bettors and Meghalaya can count on substantial tourists flow from their betting circles. The sports betting communities of Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana are also not to be underestimated.
Among the sports, cricket is most popular, registering 68 percent of the total bet count analyzed by Esse N Videri. Football takes second position with 11 percent of the bets, followed by betting on FIFA at 7 percent and on eCricket at 5 percent. The last position in the Top 5 of popular sports for betting in India is taken by tennis with 3 percent of the bet count.
Local Citizens will Still have Their Teer Betting
Meghalaya residents will still be permitted to participate in teer betting over arrow-shooting results. Teer is a traditional method of gambling, somewhat similar to a lottery draw, and held under the rules of the Meghalaya Regulation of the Game of Arrow Shooting and the Sale of Teer Tickets Act, 2018.
Teer includes bettors wagering on the number of arrows that reach the target which is placed about 50 meters away from a team of 20 archers positioned in a semicircle.
The archers shoot volleys of arrows at the target for ten minutes, and players place their bets choosing a number between 0 and 99 trying to guess the last two digits of the number of arrows that successfully pierce the target.
If, for example, the number of hits is 256, anyone who has bet on 56 wins an amount eight times bigger than their wager.
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