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Court grants CBI eight-day custody of alleged Mahadev app kingpin Saurabh Chandrakar

Court grants CBI eight-day custody of alleged Mahadev app kingpin Saurabh Chandrakar

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The Central Bureau of Investigation has said it needs to interrogate Saurabh Chandrakar, the promoter of the Mahadev betting app, to identify Chhattisgarh officials alleged to have received protection money and to trace the proceeds of the betting operation. Chandrakar is described as the alleged kingpin of a Rs 6,000‑crore scam, and the CBI is seeking his cooperation to map the protection‑money network.

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RAIPUR: In the high-profile multi-thousand-crore Mahadev online betting scam, a special court in Raipur on Wednesday granted the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) an eight-day custodial remand of the syndicate's alleged kingpin, Saurabh Chandrakar. Following his recent extradition to India from…

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Court grants CBI eight-day custody of alleged Mahadev app kingpin Saurabh Chandrakar

RAIPUR: In the high-profile multi-thousand-crore Mahadev online betting scam, a special court in Raipur on Wednesday granted the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) an eight-day custodial remand of the syndicate's alleged kingpin, Saurabh Chandrakar. Following his recent extradition to India from…

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Mahadev app co-promoter Ravi Uppal arrested in UAE, India moves for his extradition

Ravi Uppal, linked to the Mahadev online betting app, was arrested in the UAE on an Interpol Red Notice. His associate Saurabh Chandrakar was extradited from Oman in relation to a money laundering case. Both individuals are being investigated by Indian enforcement agencies, including the CBI and ED…

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