The arrest of seven persons in Palamau district of Jharkhand on charges of indulging in operation of the alleged online gambling from Dubai,a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates known for luxury shopping,has exposed an inter-state cybercrime gang who were allegedly involved in running an online scam through a betting app.

All arrested accused were remanded to judicial custody on Monday( December 1,2025).Notably, this is the second online- gambling -operator gang was busted by the police in Jharkhand.

The accused are from Jharkhand, Chhatisgarh and Bihar.The gang operated  online gaming operation across the world through kheloyaarr.com.The modus operandi was similar to The Mahadev Betting App Case.

The accused involved in the online gambling operated from a rented house of Anil Vishwakarma in Hussainabad, Palamau for the last three months, according to the police.

From the same venue,the franchise number 141 of 

kheloyaarr.com was run by the alleged accused. Enquiry by the cops revealed that the network was headquartered at Dubai.

The accused were: Rahul Singh from Bhilai in Chhatisgarh,Sujit Kumar Vishwakarma, Ajit Vishwakarma and Rohit Singh from Madanpur, Bihar, Rohit Singh and Jogeshwarifrom Bokaro, Jharkhand,Juber Ansari,Ayaz Alam from Patratu, Jharkhand and Akshay Kumar from Tamad, Jharkhand.

According to the police, the mastermind of the online gambling operation was Rajan Singh of Madanpur, Bihar and Shelvi alias Manish from Bhilaai, Chhatisgarh.

Palamau SP informed that a bank account was opened in Bhillai on the basis of forget SIM card. However, on the basis of complaints by some youths of Hussainabad,Palamau, a police team led by Sub Divisional Police Officer Md.Yaqub enquired and arrested the above seven accused. 

Notably, all cyber activities or online gambling in India are regulated under the IT Act of 2000. The act prohibits online gambling activities and prescribes a fine of INR 100,000 or imprisonment of up to 5 years.

Palamau SP has gone on record saying the exposer of the online gambling network has indicated that the accused made transaction of about Rs 40 crore. 

Investigation has revealed that the accused Rohit Singh from Patna had operated identical online gaming operation from Pune. He had got training for operating online gambling.The franchise is taken for running online gaming  operation by paying Rs 50 lakh.

As per the condition of the promotor website,  and its franchise the ratio of money gained by online gambling is shared on 70:30 ratio.The franchise was provided ID for 6000 customers.

Prior to this, on July 18, 2025,Ranchi police had busted an illegal online gaming and betting racket which was operated out of a rented house in the Bariatu Housing Colony of the city.The police had arrested 14 youths involved in the operation.