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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has been granted eight days of custody for Saurabh Chandrakar, the alleged mastermind of the ₹ 6,000-crore Mahadev online betting syndicate, to identify police and administrative officials in Chhattisgarh who allegedly received money to allow the illegal operations to continue. Chandrakar was extradited from Oman on November 1. The CBI claims that Chandrakar, other promoters, and associates of Mahadev Book secured the protection of officials and politicians by regularly paying them. The special court in Raipur permitted the agency to take Chandrakar to Delhi for interrogation. The CBI seeks custodial questioning to identify other masterminds and beneficiaries of the alleged fraud, trace the channels through which the proceeds were collected, layered, and transferred outside India, and identify assets created from the illegal earnings.
The CBI alleges that Chandrakar, Ravi Uppal, and their associates promoted the Mahadev Book app and ran online betting operations through an extensive network of panel and branch operators. The promoters allegedly retained 70-80% of the illegal earnings, while the remaining amount was distributed among panel operators.
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