Eleven persons were arrested by the Telangana CID’s Special Investigation Team (SIT) for allegedly operating a multi-State illegal online betting network linked to the Dafabet platform, following an investigation into the loss of nearly ₹10 lakh by a software engineer from Karimnagar.The accused were identified as Manish Singh, 24, from Gujarat, Abhishek Singh, 26, also from Gujarat, Igneshious Dass, 27, Abhishek Wadhva, 27, both from New Delhi, Mohd Halim, 24, from South Delhi, Love Kumar, from Punjab, Simarpreet Singh, 41, also from Punjab, Ajith Singh, 27, Vijay Patidar, 25, Yugal Patidar, 24, and Prateek Praveen Bhai, 25, all from Gujarat.The CID seized three luxury vehicles, including BMW, Mercedes and Kia Seltos cars, eight laptops, two iPads, 26 mobile phones, five passports and ₹3,21,900 in cash during the operation.According to the DG of CID, Charu Sinha, the State government had constituted a Special Investigation Team under the Director General, CID, to curb illegal online betting and protect citizens from financial and psychological harm. The SIT registered a case at Karimnagar-II Town Police Station after Challa Sai Krishna Reddy, a software engineer from Karimnagar, complained that he had lost ₹9.95 lakh after participating in online betting activities promoted through the Dafabet platform between January 2024 and January 2025.Investigators traced the complainant’s money through 46 mule bank accounts spread across eight layers that were allegedly used to collect and route betting proceeds. The probe involved analysis of bank transactions, mobile numbers, email IDs, social media profiles and WhatsApp groups, which revealed what police described as a coordinated criminal network operating across several States.