Your son is playing satta. What to do — first 72 hours.

DO NOT: Confiscate his phone first. Yell. Shame him publicly. Promise to settle his debts. Your son is playing satta. What to do — first 72 hours.

DO NOT: Confiscate his phone first. Yell. Shame him publicly. Promise to settle his debts.

1. Call helpline together — 1860-2662-345 (Vandrevala Foundation, 24×7, free, confidential).
2. Bank lockdown — convert savings to a single-signatory FD. Set his UPI daily limit to ₹1,000.
3. CIBIL freeze at TransUnion · Equifax · Experian · CRIF — stops fraudulent app-loans on his PAN.
4. Wi-Fi block — switch home DNS to 1.1.1.3 (Cloudflare for Families, free, blocks gambling category).
5. File his cybercrime complaint at cybercrime.gov.in — distinguishes him from the racket.

• 1860-2662-345 Vandrevala (24×7)
• 9152987821 iCall (TISS, Mon–Sat 8am–10pm)
• 9820466726 AASRA (24×7, suicide prevention)
• 080-46110007 NIMHANS Tele-Psychiatry

Gambling disorder is recognised in DSM-5 and ICD-11. It is treatable. Most cases recover. The first 72 hours decide the trajectory.

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RTI Wiki — citizen-first legal content. April 2026. Forward to every family WhatsApp group. Save a family.

Issues like this are common — every year lakhs of Indian citizens face the same hurdle. The core legal frameworks are the Right to Information Act, 2005, the Information Technology Act, 2000 (for online matters), and the Consumer Protection Act, 2019. The enforcement bodies vary by issue but most start with a complaint to the relevant department PIO + a parallel CPGRAMS filing.

1. Step 1 — file an RTI under §6 of the RTI Act 2005 to the relevant department PIO. Use AI RTI Drafter for free.
2. Step 2 — parallel CPGRAMS complaint at pgportal.gov.in for service-delivery push.
3. Step 3 — if PIO refuses, §19(1) First Appeal in 30 days. Use First Appeal Builder.
4. Step 4 — for fraud / criminal matters, FIR at local police station + cybercrime portal (cybercrime.gov.in) + NCRP helpline 1930.
5. Step 5 — for consumer issues, Consumer Court under Consumer Protection Act 2019 (e-filing at edaakhil.nic.in).

• Right to Information Act, 2005 — full text
• Bhagat Singh v. CIC (Delhi HC, 2007) — procedural objections cannot defeat RTI
• CPGRAMS — pgportal.gov.in (DARPG)
• Cybercrime portal — cybercrime.gov.in
• National Consumer Helpline — 1915

• AI RTI Drafter
• First Appeal Builder
• AwaazRTI (voice in 11 Indian languages)
• Case-law database (300+)
• RTI Act, 2005