Ludhiana, July 13 -- The special cell of Ludhiana Police arrested two brothers for allegedly running a cricket betting racket and creating bogus firms to evade taxes. The accused, identified as Anmol Narang and Sarthi Narang, residents of Ramnagar in the Civil Lines area, were arrested on Friday following a tip-off.

According to inspector Navdeep Singh, who is heading the investigation, the duo was operating an online betting network targeting ongoing cricket matches. In addition, they allegedly used forged documents to register fake companies and avoid Goods and Services Tax (GST) liabilities.

Twelve mobile phones and two laptops were recovered during the raid, believed to be tools used to manage both the betting operations and the fak...