Acting on a tip off, Mumbai Crime Branch (CB) officers busted a major cricket-betting racket and arrested three people following raids at a residential apartment on LBS Road in Mulund West. The accused were found placing bets on a Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Night Riders match. The CB suspects the racket to be of an international level.

The Property Cell and Crime Intelligence Unit (CIU) of the CB conducted the raids on Thursday night. The accused have been identified as Dipesh Jain, 37, Piyush Ashar, 45, and Digesh Mehta, 45. They were produced before court and remanded to CB custody till November 3.