Assam: Teer gambling rampant in Boko
BOKO: Teer gambling is growing like wildfire in Boko. Illegal teer gambling counters can be found all over Boko. It runs openly under the Boko Police Station. Surprisingly the counters are situated in Boko Bus Stand, Boko Daily Market area, near Boko Police Station, Chamaria area under Chamaria Police Outpost, Bhalukghata, Jambari, Singra, Rajapara, Hahim, Gamerimura, Malibari, Tarabari, Balijhar and many other places in Boko.
Many sources willingly gave information on how and who runs the illegal teer gambling without any hesitation in Boko area. But the sources don’t want to disclose their names due to the threat of life from the gamblers.
Sources said, now the situation is even worse, because some members of the counters are using social networks like Whatsapp, Telegram, Facebook etc to collect the numbers to run the illegal teer gambling as they develop it to the next level. “Even they use Google Pay, PhonePe and other online payment services to hide the gambling from the police and other people, though it is a fruitful service for the gamblers as it runs cashless,” said an anonymous source.
The source also mentioned that people can bat till the evening 4pm and every Sunday it is closed. According to the source, the teer gambling is hosted in Khanapara, Assam part and Shillong in Meghalaya.
Teer gambling as a sport is popular in neighbouring state Meghalaya, where it has been considered legal since 1982. It has existed for as long as the state of Meghalaya itself, which was carved out from Assam in 1972 and includes Khasi, Garo and Jaintia Hills.
There is a strong disappointment among the conscious citizens of Boko.
According to the source, many lakhs rupees transactions are done every day except Sunday. The source also alleged that some homeguards under Boko Police Station collect bribes from the teer counter owners per month.
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