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  • There was a touch of glamor in Saurabh Chandrakar’s wedding, ED will interrogate 17 celebs; Know everything in 10 points

    Saurabh Chandrakar, the kingpin of Mahadev Satta App, is in the news these days for cheating thousands of crores of rupees. He got married in Dubai in February this year. The budget of this wedding was in crores. Whose grandeur is being compared to the weddings held here of billionaires. There was a lot of glamor in this marriage. According to the Enforcement Directorate, Saurabh had spent Rs 200 crore on his marriage. A large part of which was given to the Bollywood celebrities who attended and danced in this wedding. It is being told that 17 celebrities attended the wedding. Now ED can call them for questioning. The names of Tiger Shroff, Sunny Leone, singer Neha Kakkar are at the top. ED is probing Rs 5,000 crore money laundering allegations against Saurabh Chandrakar and his business partner Ravi Uppal, who run an online betting app from Dubai.

    Understand what has been known so far in this case in 10 points

    1. Saurabh Chandrakar and Ravi Uppal are wanted in money laundering case. Both of them are residents of Chhattisgarh.
    2. According to ED sources, Chandrakar had organized another party in Dubai on September 18, 2022. Some Bollywood stars were paid Rs 40 crore to attend that party at a seven star luxury hotel.
    3. For the wedding that took place in February, a private jet was hired to fly the family members from Nagpur to Dubai. Bollywood celebrities, wedding planners, dancers, decorators all left Mumbai for Dubai. According to the information, the names of Atif Aslam, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Ali Asgar, Vishal Dadlani, Elli Avram, Bharti Singh, Bhagyashree, Kriti Kharbanda, Nusrat Bharucha, Krishna Abhishek are included in the wedding as performers.
    4. The investigation into Mahadev online betting started in December last year. Its Bollywood connection has just come to light.
    5. Mahadev online betting application is a game app on which around one million persons betted last year. The app is being operated from about 30 centres. But its promoters now live in Dubai where betting is legal.
    6. Some Bollywood celebrities have appeared in YouTube videos promoting Mahadev online betting app.
    7. ED has not officially revealed the names of Bollywood celebrities who were featured in the app’s advertisements. But a prominent comic, a character artist, a top b-rang male star, a female comic star have all clearly been paid through this platform.
    8. ED on Friday seized assets worth Rs 417 crore from Bhopal, Mumbai and Kolkata in connection with this case.
    9. Since betting is banned in India, the functioning of betting sites used to operate under different names.
    10. Saurabh Chandrakar is believed to be under 30. He used to sell juice in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh.

  • Made Sunny Leone dance too, spent Rs 200 crores on her wedding; Saurabh Chandrakar once sold juice

    Saurabh Chandrakar, who defrauded lakhs of people of thousands of crores of rupees through betting app Mahadev, is in the headlines these days. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has so far seized his assets worth more than Rs 400 crore. The central agency has told how he is enjoying in Dubai with his black money. Saurabh spent Rs 200 crore on his wedding and it is being compared to the wedding budget of families like Mukesh Ambani and Lakshmi Niwas Mittal, who are among the world’s biggest billionaires.

    You can get an idea of ​​how Saurabh Chandrakar spent money on his wedding from the fact that he had booked private planes for his family and relatives to go from Nagpur to Dubai. Not only this, Bollywood stars like Sunny Leone, Tiger Shroff, Neha Kakkar had come to perform at her wedding. According to ED, Saurabh Chandrakar and his partner Ravi Uppal earned thousands of crores of rupees in betting through Mahadev App. So far, evidence of money laundering worth Rs 5 thousand crore has been found.

    Saurabh and Uppal are residents of Bhilai, Chhattisgarh. It is said that Saurabh is from a very ordinary family. He is not even very educated. His early life was full of struggles. Initially he used to sell juice in Bhilai itself. The name of the shop was Mahadev Juice Centre. While running a juice shop, he started betting and it is said that whatever he earned, he used to spend it in betting. However, he had to face defeat on most occasions.

    Another promoter of Mahadev App and Saurabh’s partner is Uppal Engineer. Uppal had also lost money in betting. After this both of them went to Dubai together. After this he entered the world of bars, casinos and betting. Gradually both of them together created a huge empire of fraud. Earned thousands of crores of rupees. Chandrakar and his associates created more than 51 betting websites and apps. They used to increase the greed of people by giving huge profits on investing small amount and when someone invested big amount, they used to grab it.

    ‘Mahadev Online Book Betting Application’ is an important tool to provide online platform for illegal betting websites. Saurabh was operating the entire business sitting in Dubai. As the business became very big, he now added many people and started working through franchise. He was working on 70:30 profit model. He used to invest the income earned in India abroad through money laundering. ED has so far seized assets worth Rs 417 crore. ED had recently conducted raids against the money laundering network linked to Mahadev APP in cities like Kolkata, Bhopal, Mumbai etc.