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Watch CCTV footage of prime witnesses in murder case brutally killed
Lucknow: In a shocking incident, some criminals were caught murdering mother and son in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut district based Saurkha village during a day boarding light. The whole crime was caught in the CCTV cameras when the three assailants shot at two deceased inside their house.
According to media reports, Police administration has suspended 5 policemen including Inspector of Parathapur police station in this brutal murder case in the Uttar Pradesh state.
Basically, a 60-year-old woman and her 26-year-old son were shot dead in Meerut in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday afternoon. The two were killed a day before they were to appear in court for a hearing into the murder of the woman’s husband in 2016.
The family members alleged that Nichhatar Kaur and her son Balwinder were murdered by the same people who killed her husband Narender Singh in 2016. The incident was captured on a CCTV camera.
CCTV captures brutal killing of mother, son prime witness in murder case:
The police said the assailants first shot Balwinder in his car as he was leaving home. Meerut Senior Superintendent of Police Manzil Saini said Balwinder was just 300 metres to 400 metres from his house when he was killed.
They walked up to his mother minutes later, who was sitting on a bed outside their house, and fired at her point blank. Saini said both son and mother were shot at least six to seven times.
Saini told journalists that the police had arrested one suspect identified as 23-year-old Tarun alias Golu. “He has denied involvement,” the senior officer said. “His motorcycle was found close to the crime spot.”
The police are looking for two more accused-one identified as Maange, who is the elder brother of the man accused of killing Narender Singh, and an unidentified person. Narender Singh’s distant relative Maalu allegedly killed him in 2016 for not supporting him in the panchayat elections.
Saini said an inspector, two sub-inspectors and two constables were suspended for lapses in their investigation. “They should have known that the case was important and sensitive,” he said. “Trouble was brewing in the village but they didn’t have any knowledge.”
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Meghalaya Reserves Legalized Gambling and Sports Betting for Tourists
The State Scores Extra High on Gaming-Friendly Industry Index
Meghalaya scored 92.85 out of 100 possible points in a Gaming Industry Index and proved to be India’s most gaming-friendly state following its recent profound legislation changes over the field allowing land-based and online gaming, including games of chance, under a licensing regime.
The index by the UK India Business Council (UKIBC) uses a scale of 0 to 100 to measure the level of legalisation on gambling and betting achieved by a state based on the scores over a set of seven different games – lottery, horse racing, betting on sports, poker, rummy, casino and fantasy sports
Starting from February last year, Meghalaya became the third state in India’s northeast to legalise gambling and betting after Sikkim and Nagaland. After consultations with the UKIBC, the state proceeded with the adoption of the Meghalaya Regulation of Gaming Act, 2021 and the nullification of the Meghalaya Prevention of Gambling Act, 1970. Subsequently in December, the Meghalaya Regulation of Gaming Rules, 2021 were notified and came into force.
All for the Tourists
The move to legalise and license various forms of offline and online betting and gambling in Meghalaya is aimed at boosting tourism and creating jobs, and altogether raising taxation revenues for the northeastern state. At the same time, the opportunities to bet and gamble legally will be reserved only for tourists and visitors.
“We came out with a Gaming Act and subsequently framed the Regulation of Gaming Rules, 2021. The government will accordingly issue licenses to operate games of skill and chance, both online and offline,” said James P. K. Sangma, Meghalaya State Law and Taxation Minister speaking in the capital city of Shillong. “But the legalized gambling and gaming will only be for tourists and not residents of Meghalaya,” he continued.
To be allowed to play, tourists and people visiting the state for work or business purposes will have to prove their non-resident status by presenting appropriate documents, in a process similar to a bank KYC (Know Your Customer) procedure.
Meghalaya Reaches Out to a Vast Market
With 140 millions of people in India estimated to bet regularly on sports, and a total of 370 million desi bettors around prominent sporting events, as per data from one of the latest reports by Esse N Videri, Meghalaya is set to reach out and take a piece of a vast market.
Estimates on the financial value of India’s sports betting market, combined across all types of offline channels and online sports and cricket predictions and betting platforms, speak about amounts between $130 and $150 billion (roughly between ₹9.7 and ₹11.5 lakh crore).
Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Delhi are shown to deliver the highest number of bettors and Meghalaya can count on substantial tourists flow from their betting circles. The sports betting communities of Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana are also not to be underestimated.
Among the sports, cricket is most popular, registering 68 percent of the total bet count analyzed by Esse N Videri. Football takes second position with 11 percent of the bets, followed by betting on FIFA at 7 percent and on eCricket at 5 percent. The last position in the Top 5 of popular sports for betting in India is taken by tennis with 3 percent of the bet count.
Local Citizens will Still have Their Teer Betting
Meghalaya residents will still be permitted to participate in teer betting over arrow-shooting results. Teer is a traditional method of gambling, somewhat similar to a lottery draw, and held under the rules of the Meghalaya Regulation of the Game of Arrow Shooting and the Sale of Teer Tickets Act, 2018.
Teer includes bettors wagering on the number of arrows that reach the target which is placed about 50 meters away from a team of 20 archers positioned in a semicircle.
The archers shoot volleys of arrows at the target for ten minutes, and players place their bets choosing a number between 0 and 99 trying to guess the last two digits of the number of arrows that successfully pierce the target.
If, for example, the number of hits is 256, anyone who has bet on 56 wins an amount eight times bigger than their wager.