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Mahadev betting app: Saurabh Chandrakar, co-owner of Mahadev online betting syndicate arrested by ED

  
  
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  The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday arrested Saurabh Chandrakar, co-owner and promoter of illegal betting syndicate 'Mahadev Online Book', under Section 19 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) with the permission of a special Raipur court. The court sent him on seven-day ED remand till November 19 for further investigation. According to the facts of the case, Saurabh Chandrakar and another co-promoter Ravi Uppal operated 'Mahadev Online Book' (various online betting websites) from their head office in Dubai through a franchise of 'Betting Panels' in India and UAE. The players' money was channeled through bank accounts opened in other people's names and sent out of India through hawala. In the ED's main complaint dated 20 October 2023, the syndicate's earnings were estimated at around Rs 450 crore per month. Saurabh Chandrakar did not respond to the summons issued by the ED in September 2023 and continued to evade the investigation of law enforcement agencies. A special court had issued a non-bailable warrant against him on September 4, 2023, on the application of the ED and shortly thereafter, Interpol had also issued a red notice against him on the request of the ED. His petition challenging the warrant was dismissed by the Chhattisgarh High Court on 22 March 2025. He had acquired a Vanuatu passport while holding an Indian passport and had also claimed before the special court that he had renounced Indian citizenship on 28 June 2022. In this case, the ED has so far searched around 190 locations, seized or frozen around Rs 2,000 crore and attached assets worth around Rs 3,500 crore, of which around Rs 1,800 crore are abroad, including 22 immovable properties in Dubai. The agency has filed six charge sheets against 116 accused. Saurabh Chandrakar is the 15th person to be arrested by ED in this case.
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