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Gambling complaint leads to sealing of Union Club
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The sealed Union Club in Tiruchi. | Photo Credit: M SRINATH
In a late night operation on Saturday, Revenue officials sealed the Union Club, a popular sports cum recreational centre in the city, to curb gambling.
Acting on a complaint of a Village Administrative Officer that the premises was being used for gambling, a team of revenue and police officials led by District Revenue Officer Palani Kumar rushed to the spot around 11 p.m. and searched the premises. The raid lasted for more than an hour. They found a group of people engaged in gambling by playing cards. A few others were allegedly served liquor without any valid license. On seeing the officials, the card players went out hurriedly abandoning the game. However, the police arrested R. Manikandan (25) of Keela Vannarapettai and S. Madan (36) of Rainbow Nagar in Uyyakokndam Thirumalai. The police also seized 52 cards, ₹20,000 and a liquor