India, Aug. 12 -- A local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader was among the seven people caught gambling by the Pune police during a raid on a gambling joint run out of a tin shed in the Dhankawadi area, police said on Tuesday.

Police said the seven persons, including Audumbar Vitthal Kamble, 42, general secretary of the BJP's Parvati assembly constituency unit, were booked under the Maharashtra Prevention of Gambling Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).

"The crime branch took action against the accused in offences relating to gambling. In this case, the accused were served notices and provision of arrest is not there as per the law," said additional commissioner of police (crime) Pankaj Deshmukh.

Police seized Rs.10,250 in cash ...