GUWAHATI, Sept 16: Assam Police seized 69 ATM/debit cards, 63 bank passbooks and digital evidence during a raid at Tupamari in Kamrup district in connection with suspected online gaming and chip-selling activities.
Acting on information, a police team raided the residence of Rafiqul Islam at No. 1 Tupamari village. The operation was led by Boko-Chaygaon Co-District Superintendent of Police Jankishore Gogoi, along with Tupamari Police Outpost in-charge Champak Kalita, Nagarbera Police Station officer-in-charge Harjit Das and other personnel.
Police recovered a mobile phone containing the ChipSeller application, which allegedly recorded gaming chip purchases, sales and earnings. According to police, the application showed total earnings of Rs 3,87,499. Investigators also recovered Chip Seller.apk and base.apk files from the device, along with WhatsApp and Telegram conversations relating to chip transactions, payments and payout accounts.
The seizure included 69 ATM/debit cards belonging to different individuals and 63 passbooks, including 58 Bank of India passbooks. Police also recovered UPI details, other payment-related information and QR codes.
Investigators are examining the digital and financial material to trace the flow of money, assess the scale of the suspected online gaming operation and identify others allegedly linked to the network. Police said further investigation would be based on the evidence recovered during the raid.
The operation was part of a series of drives led by Gogoi and his team against suspected illegal activities in the Boko-Chaygaon area. Earlier, police had conducted anti-narcotics operations across several police station areas, including Nagarbera, Goroimari, Sonatoli, Chaygaon, Mandira and Samaria, leading to several arrests in suspected drug-related cases.
