PANJIM, May 1 -- Team Herald

The Crime Branch of the Goa Police conducted multiple raids at different places across the State against matka gambling and arrested 12 bookies while accepting bets.

Besides arresting the matka bookies, the crime branch for the first time also booked the main kingpins of the trade that included a woman from Mumbai and two others from Gujarat.

" While the woman Jaya Chadda operates the Main Kalyan from Mumbai, Maharashtra, Chandubhai Thakkar alias D'Sa and Ganeshyam Bhai operate from Gujarat and are the dealers of Main bazaar which operates at night. Jaya is the wife of Suresh Bhagat who was also known as the Kalyan Matka King ," said a Crime Branch official.

Police stated that all the three have national a...