The Palghar Crime branch officers raided a flat in Virar on Friday evening and found an illegal gambling den being run in the premises. The police arrested 12 people from the spot and seized cash.

According to the police officers the flat belong to the ex-corporator of the Bahujan Vikas Agadi (BVA) political party. The corporator identified as Sathiraj Nahata owned a flat in the Geeta Aparments in Virar west where the police conducted the raid based on a tip off.