From The Economic Times
Center-Right Owned by Bennett, Coleman & Co.CBI secures extradition of Mahadev betting app promoter Sourabh Chandrakar from Oman
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The Mahadev promoter, Saurabh Chandrakar, is facing an Enforcement Directorate trial for money laundering linked to an online betting case. The CBI took him into custody after his arrival from Oman, and the Royal Oman Police had earlier detained him following an Interpol Red Corner Notice. The ED has attached about ₹3,500 crore in assets tied to the betting scandal and is seeking to seize additional properties. Reports also note that a Rs 200‑crore wedding exposed a Mahadev betting empire valued at roughly Rs 90,000 crore.
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Alleged kingpin Sourabh Chandrakar extradited from Oman, remanded to two days CBI custody on Monday; former Congress CM Bhupesh Baghel had been named as a co-accused in 2024 FIR
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After Chandrakar’s return, probe agencies are now pursuing with UAE authorities the extradition of the betting app’s co-founder, Ravi Uppal, from Dubai.
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The CBI has secured the extradition of Sourabh Chandrakar, promoter of the Mahadev online betting syndicate, from Oman. Wanted in two CBI cases and an Enforcement Directorate investigation, Chandrakar is expected to be produced before a special court in Raipur on November 2, after completing transit…
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The CBI has secured the extradition of Sourabh Chandrakar, promoter of the Mahadev online betting syndicate, from Oman. Wanted in two CBI cases and an Enforcement Directorate investigation, Chandrakar is expected to be produced before a special court in Raipur on November 2, after completing transit…
