After CBI, ED arrests Mahadev betting app scam accused
The Economic Offences Department (ED) arrested Saurabh Chandrakar, co-owner and promoter of the Mahadev Online Book illegal betting syndicate, on November 13, 2026. The arrest followed a special CBI court remanding Chandrakar to seven days' judicial custody on November 12, 2026, dismissing the ED's application to execute their non-bailable warrant.
ED officials stated that Chandrakar and co-promoter Ravi Uppal operated Mahadev Online Book through franchises across India and the UAE, with player money moving through bank accounts in other names and leaving India via hawala. The syndicate allegedly earned about ₹450 crore per month, with Chandrakar challenging his warrant from September 2023 and obtaining a Vanuatu passport while holding an Indian one.
The ED has conducted extensive searches, seizing about ₹2,000 crore and attaching property valued at ₹3,500 crore, including 22 properties in Dubai. Six prosecution complaints have been filed against 116 accused, and Chandrakar is the fifteenth person arrested in this case.
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