<p>The Central Crime Branch has raided a five-star hotel that was allegedly being used as a den of high-tech gambling. </p>.<p>Sleuths of the CCB's special enquiry squad arrested six people, including a retired government servant, by raiding the hotel located on Race Course Road, just a stone's throw away from the seat of power, officials said. The raid also yielded Rs 20.7 lakh in cash, various playing cards and a cash-counting machine, officials added. </p>.<p>The hotel management has claimed ignorance about the gambling but the CCB is verifying the claim. </p>.<p>The raid was carried out by CCB special enquiry inspector Ravi Patil and his team following a "specific" tip about high-tech gambling taking place in one of the rooms at the luxury hotel. </p>.<p>One of the arrested suspects has been identified as Ramakrishna, who retired from the accountant general's office. The other suspects are his friends: Uday Shetty, Nataraj, Suresh, Krishna Gowda and Shankar. They are into the hotel, catering, transport and other businesses, the CCB added. </p>.<p>The group usually fixed the date and venue for gambling with mutual convenience. The five-star hotel was one of their favourite joints. </p>.<p>The CCB has handed over the investigation to the jurisdictional High Grounds police station, where a case has been registered against the six suspects. </p>
<p>The Central Crime Branch has raided a five-star hotel that was allegedly being used as a den of high-tech gambling. </p>.<p>Sleuths of the CCB's special enquiry squad arrested six people, including a retired government servant, by raiding the hotel located on Race Course Road, just a stone's throw away from the seat of power, officials said. The raid also yielded Rs 20.7 lakh in cash, various playing cards and a cash-counting machine, officials added. </p>.<p>The hotel management has claimed ignorance about the gambling but the CCB is verifying the claim. </p>.<p>The raid was carried out by CCB special enquiry inspector Ravi Patil and his team following a "specific" tip about high-tech gambling taking place in one of the rooms at the luxury hotel. </p>.<p>One of the arrested suspects has been identified as Ramakrishna, who retired from the accountant general's office. The other suspects are his friends: Uday Shetty, Nataraj, Suresh, Krishna Gowda and Shankar. They are into the hotel, catering, transport and other businesses, the CCB added. </p>.<p>The group usually fixed the date and venue for gambling with mutual convenience. The five-star hotel was one of their favourite joints. </p>.<p>The CCB has handed over the investigation to the jurisdictional High Grounds police station, where a case has been registered against the six suspects. </p>