India, June 16 -- The Greater Noida police busted an international online cricket betting racket which came to light after a man from Alwar, Rajasthan, reported about a kidnapping of his son on emergency helpline no. 112 on June 12, prompting the Kasna police to act, officers said on Sunday.

Investigations into the alleged kidnapping, however, revealed that it was actually a ploy hatched by the suspects in collusion with their associates to extract ransom from their own relatives to raise money for their secret online gambling work and conceal their unlawful activities, police said on Sunday.

The suspects' ploy fell apart when the police uncovered their plans on arresting eight suspects in the matter, discovering that they were involved...