The Chilakalapudi police have arrested four persons on charge of their alleged involvement in online betting on IPL cricket matches and recovered ₹36,000 in cash and eight mobile phones from their possession.

The police team, led by Machilipatnam DSP Ch. Srinivas Rao and Chilakalapudi Circle Inspector Sk. Abdul Nabi, raided a house at Edepalli on Friday night and busted the betting racket.

They arrested P. Dharani Kumar, P. Ravi Kumar, Ch. Ravindra Kumar and I. Satyam, all native of Machilipatnam, while they were betting on IPL cricket matches on mobile phones, said Krishna district SP V. Vidyasagar Naidu.