Gulbarga(Kalaburagi): A special team of Maharashtra Police from Solapur City Crime Branch, under the guidance of Police Commissioner of Solapur City, Mr Ankush Shinde & Assistant Commissioner Abhay Mulchand Dongare, conducted a raid in Gulbarga city on last Sunday. They arrested two persons and seized mobile phones, a Toyota Car and other equipment etc which was worth ₹38 lakh.
As per the information provided by the police, the car seized in the raid (KA51 MP9955) belonged to Jayashree B Mattimadu, the wife of BJP leader and MLA for Gulbarga Rural Basavaraj Mattimadu.
The team arrested Atul Suresh Sirshetty of Solapur and Pradeep Mallayya of Bhavanipet, who were allegedly engaged in betting and also seized four laptops, 13 mobile phones, modems and other equipment apart from the car. One more person, Ghoraknath – the brother of Ms. Jayashree, was absconding.
It is learnt that the team headed by Solapur Crime Branch Inspector Sanjya Salukne and Police Sub Inspector Sandeep Shinde had earlier raided a house at Vasanth Vihar in Solapur and arrested Ramachandra Bansal and Vignesh Gajun when the latter were engaged in IPL betting. The interrogation of the duo led the sleuths to Gulbarga.
Gulbarga Rural BJP MLA Basavaraj Mattimadu, with his wife Jayashree B Mattimadu
