INDIAN GAMING STATESIDE
Pari Match parent denies arrest of ‘India Operations Head’ by GST department
PMI, a service company engaged in the development and implementation of the expansion strategy for the Parimatch brand, has denied the arrest of its ‘Head of Operations India’. The company said it never had a ‘Head of Operations India’ role. Pari Match, a Ukrainian brand operates a betting and gambling portal in India. Earlier, industry insiders said a high-ranking
offi cial of Pari Match was arrested by Indian GST authorities. In a press release, PMI clarifi ed that none of its employees was arrested and operations continue as usual. The press release stated that one of the employees of a Dubai based marketing agency engaged by PMI was involved as a formal witness in a pending judicial proceedings in India. PMI didn’t reveal the agency or the person involved. “This situation is not related to the
PMI’s business activity or our employees,” said a representative of PMI. Betting and gambling are illegal in most states
in India. To bypass the restrictions, the operators adopt to surrogate advertising. In India, DafaNews, a surrogate of betting company Dafabet sponsors a few teams from Indian leagues like ISL and Pro Kabaddi. Pari Match operates Pari Match News. Meanwhile, betting
surrogate and competitor of Pari Match, Fairplay News portal recently announced its selection as an offi cial team sponsor for the Sri Lankan National cricket team. To combat surrogate advertising, the Indian government released guidelines under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 in June and defi ned “surrogate advertisement” as an advertisement for goods, products or services, whose advertising is otherwise prohibited or restricted by law, by circumventing such prohibition or restriction and portraying it to be an advertisement for other goods, product or service, the advertising of which is not prohibited or restricted by law. These guidelines prohibit surrogate advertisements. However, no action is reportedly taken by the government to combat surrogate advertising.
Vadodara: Seven police offi cials suspended over gambling case
As many as seven police offi cials from Makarpura police station in Vadodara city, including the Police Inspector (PI) in charge, VN Mahida, were suspended with immediate effect after a probe revealed that the personnel did not perform their duties in a recent case of gambling fi led at the police station. It must be noted that Mahida had also been sent
on leave reserve at the police control while he was appointed in charge of the Karelibaug police station after the state monitoring cell had busted a prohibition case coming into the jurisdiction of the Karelibaug police station. In a press statement released by the Deputy
Commissioner of Police (DCP) Zone III, Yashpal Jaganiya, said, “In a primary inquiry into a case of gambling registered at the Makarpura police station
on August 13, 2022, it has come to light that one of the accused in the case was let off without any arrest or procedural action.” “It refl ects a gross omission and negligence on
part of the offi cials. Police Inspector, Makarpura, VN Mahida along with ASI Rajendrasinh Ganpatsinh, Assistant Head Constables Tulsidas Bhogilal, and Vinod Shankarbhai, Assistant Police Constable Ishwar Chandubhai, and Lok Rakshak personnel Mansukh Bhanabhai and Jitesh Maghabhai have been suspended from duty with immediate effect,” it added. The press statement also added that ASI
Ganpatsinh and AHO Bhogilal have also been transferred to the police headquarters in Pratapnagar. Meanwhile, police inspector KR
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Solanki has been handed the charge of Makarpura police station Jaganiya told the Indian Express that a detailed
inquiry into the case will now be held. “The issue came to my notice two days ago, and I had ordered a preliminary inquiry, which confi rmed that PI Mahida had let off one of the eight accused in the FIR for gambling on August 13, without undertaking any procedural formalities…” said Jaganiya.
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