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  • Major Breakthrough: Saurabh Chandrakar, Owner Mahadev Betting App, Arrested In Dubai |

    Sourabh Chandrakar, the mastermind behind the Mahadev online betting app has been arrested in Dubai following an Interpol Red Corner notice issued at the request of the Enforcement Directorate (ED), officials said on Friday.

    According to officials, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities officially informed their counterparts in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) yesterday about Chandrakar’s arrest.

    ED officials announced that the documentation process for Chandrakar’s extradition will be completed in the coming days and submitted to the UAE authorities to facilitate his return to India.

    Last year in Dubai, after the ED requested the issuance of a Red Notice (RN) against Chandrakar, he and another promoter of the app, Ravi Uppal, were detained and placed under “house arrest.”

    “Not heard anything from UAE authorities yet,” Indian consulate sources in Dubai told PTI.

    The ED has claimed that its investigation into the Mahadev Online Book (MOB) gaming and betting app has revealed the involvement of several high-ranking politicians and bureaucrats from Chhattisgarh, the home state of Chandrakar and Uppal. According to PTI reports citing federal agency, the MOB app operates as an umbrella syndicate, facilitating illegal betting by providing online platforms that allow for user enrollment, creation of user IDs, and laundering money through a complex network of proxy bank accounts.

    The ED has arrested a total of 11 individuals in connection with this case and has filed two charge sheets so far.

     

    (With ANI, PTI Inputs)

  • Now Saurabh Chandrakar is going to get trapped in the trap! ED’s big action in Mahadev app case, raids on 6 important people

    Mahadev app, Saurabh Chandrakar, ED action: Saurabh Chandrakar, who cheated more than Rs 5,000 crore through Mahadev App, may soon be caught by the police. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has taken major action in the Mahadev App fraud case. ED has taken action against 6 special people of mastermind Saurabh in India. All these people were connected to Saurabh in some way or the other regarding money transactions. One of them is said to be his business partner who used to convert black money into white money.

    The ED team has raided several places simultaneously in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh. On Monday, a team of ED officers reached the houses of 6 people including Bhilai-3 firecracker businessman Suresh Dhingani and betting king Saurabh Chandrakar’s business partner Deepak Savlani. ED officials are interrogating everyone. ED officials reached the residence of firecracker businessman Suresh Dhingani at Padum Nagar, Bhilai-3 at around six in the morning. There, interrogation has started from Suresh Dhingani and his son Vivek (Bunty) Dhingani.

    Raids on the hideouts of these people

    According to the information, the ED team has also reached the house of Suresh Dhingani’s brother-in-law and rice businessman Suresh Kukreja’s house located in Sunder Nagar near Utsav Bhawan. Along with this, ED officials also reached the house of Nehru Nagar East resident Deepak Savlani and his brother Girish Savlani. Deepak Savlani is the business partner of betting king Saurabh Chandrakar and was working to convert his black money into white by investing it in various businesses. Apart from these, ED officials have also reached the house of Vikas Batra, director of Satyam Jeans, Dulha Raja Textile Shop and Bharat Rawlani, director of Bharat Medical Store Supela. Money laundering being done through Hawala is being investigated.

    Nehru Nagar East resident Deepak Savlani is a big contractor of the corporation. He has been doing government work on contract for a long time in Bhilai and recently formed Risali Corporation. Deepak is said to be the business partner of Saurabh Chandrakar. There is a property of Saurabh Chandrakar in Nehru Nagar, where Chowpatty was running till a few months ago. Deepak Savlani was Saurabh Chandrakar’s partner in Chowpatty and is also a partner in Juice Factory.

    Preliminary investigation revealed that Deepak Savlani had made a passport in the name of Jaideep and had gone to Dubai. He stayed in Dubai with Saurabh Chandrakar for almost a year and after returning from there, he was investing his black money in different businesses. Deepak Savlani’s brother Girish Savlani has a mobile shop named Ram Traders in Galaxy Supela. ED officials are interrogating everyone. In such a situation, it is believed that after this action of ED, many new information can come to light.

    Input- Sandeep Dewan

  • Had a luxury life in Dubai, but now he is running a chaat stall; Story of a person who worked in Mahadev App

    Mahadev App has been in the headlines for many months. More than Rs 5,000 crore were cheated through this app by luring people to earn more money in less time. The surprising thing is that the person who is the brain behind this app earlier used to work at a clothes shop. Leaving his job, he opened a juice shop and then created such a trick that he started earning Rs 200 crore every day from this app. However, a new twist came in this case when many big faces of Bollywood came on the radar of ED. Actually, Saurabh Chandrakar is the brain behind this app. Saurabh got married in Dubai in February this year. Many big faces including Sunny Leone, Tiger Shroff, Ranbir Kapoor were called to dance in that wedding.

    More than 150 people used to work

    Saurabh Chandrakar and Ravi Uppal had hired more than 150 people to run the Mahadev app. According to the report of ‘Indian Express’, all the people hired were young. They were residents of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar. The surprising thing is that all these people were earlier called to Dubai for training. After training, some were sent back to India and some stayed in Dubai and worked in the app.

    Luxury life in Dubai but now sells papdi bhel

    A 29 year old man earlier worked in Mahadev App. The person is a resident of Bhilai, Chhattisgarh. In the report he told that he had a bad habit of gambling. Due to this he lost lakhs of rupees. He was in need of money. During this time he came in contact with Raja Gupta. Raja Mahadev used to do hiring work for the app. Raja sent the person to Dubai in December 2021 for training. The person told that he was being given a salary of forty thousand rupees. In May 2022, the man returned to India from Dubai and was arrested by the police here. Later the court released him. He told that my life has been ruined. To earn his living, he now sells Papdi Bhel in Bhilai.

    It is noteworthy that a lookout circular has been issued against Saurabh and Ravi. Now many Bollywood celebrities are on the radar of ED in this case. ED said that fraud of more than five thousand crore rupees was done through Mahadev App. Saurabh Chandrakar and Ravi Uppal had prepared such a model that this app earned Rs 200 crore daily.

  • From a Gutkha-cigarette shop to a luxurious house in Dubai, the story of Mahadev App’s ‘Jai-Veeru’ is a complete film.

    ‘Mahadev App’ was in the headlines for the last several months. But a new twist came in this case when Bollywood got involved. Names of 16 celebrities from the film world were linked to this case. Actually, a person named Saurabh Chandrakar is the brain behind this app. Saurabh got married in Dubai in February this year. Many stars like Sunny Leone, Ranbir Kapoor and Hina Khan attended that wedding. Saurabh also gave them money and made them dance. These big faces who attended Saurabh’s wedding are now on the radar of the Enforcement Directorate (ED). ED has made many revelations in this case. This app was run by two people together. Both are residents of Chhattisgarh. The surprising thing is that betting king Saurabh earlier used to run a juice shop.

    Friendship at gutkha-cigarette shop

    Saurabh Chandrakar and Ravi Uppal together created Mahadev App. There is a difference of 15 years in the age of both. Saurabh is 28 years old while Ravi is 43 years old. Saurabh earlier worked at a clothing shop. His salary there was ten thousand rupees per month. After this he opened a shop named ‘Juice Factory’ where he sold fruit juices. Whereas Ravi comes from a business family. His financial condition was much better than Saurabh. But both had one thing in common. Both of them had the habit of gambling.

    Film story of ‘Jai-Veeru’

    Saurabh and Ravi used to visit a paan shop in Akash Ganga Market of Bhilai every day. That’s where both of them were introduced to each other for the first time. Within a few days they became good friends because they were fond of gambling and wanted to become rich as soon as possible. After this, during the lockdown, both of them came up with the idea of ​​making an app because at that time they were not able to go out and play betting. And then what… both of them together created such a model that more than Rs 200 crore started coming in every day. Both of them defrauded thousands of people and cheated more than Rs 5 thousand crores. The friendship that was formed at the gutkha-cigarette shop later on, Saurabh and Ravi started living in a palace in Dubai. At present both are absconding.

    Let us tell you that lookout circulars have been issued against Saurabh and Ravi. Both of them had set up the main office of ‘Mahadev App’ in Dubai. He also gave jobs to many people to run this app. First, the customer was given benefits in the app, then as soon as he invested a huge amount, all his money was lost. In this way, by luring people with money, both of them started building their palace. Saurabh and Ravi, who sell juice and tyres, started hanging out with rich people. At present his entire truth has come to light. Investigating agencies are probing the matter.

  • Juice and tire seller used such a trick that Rs 200 crore started coming in daily, the story behind Mahadev App

    The name of ‘Mahadev App’ has been in the headlines for the last few weeks. First, the marriage of Saurabh Chandrakar, the kingpin of this betting app, came into discussion. Saurabh had spent more than Rs 200 crore on his marriage. He had invited big names of Bollywood to his wedding and made them dance. And now the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned many people including Shraddha Kapoor, Kapil Sharma, Hina Khan, after actor Ranbir Kapoor. After the Bollywood connection, people’s interest about this app has increased further. Do you know what was the idea behind making this app? What did the creators of this app do earlier? How much was earned daily from this app? Let us know one by one…

    Idea of ​​juice and tire seller

    Two people are the minds behind Mahadev App. First, Saurabh Chandrakar and second, Ravi Uppal. Both are residents of Chhattisgarh. Saurabh used to run a juice shop in Nehru Nagar, Bhilai. The name of his shop was ‘Juice Factory’. He wanted to become rich as soon as possible. For this, he opened shops named ‘Juice Factory’ in many cities. But perhaps he was not happy with the earnings of those shops. He had the habit of gambling. On the other side, Ravi Uppal had a tire shop. He also had the habit of gambling. Both of them became friends while playing betting.

    Everything changed after lockdown

    Both Saurabh and Ravi used to play betting offline. Due to Corona epidemic, lockdown was imposed across the country. Due to this both of them were not able to gamble. After this both of them started betting online. The ghost of becoming rich was in the mind of both of them. Both of them thought why not create an online betting app. And this is where ‘Mahadev App’ started. Saurabh and Ravi together created an app and arrangements were made to play online betting there. But this app was different from other apps. Here it was already decided who would win and who was destined to lose. Both the fraudsters laid such a trap that they became owners of crores of rupees.

    200 crore rupees started coming every day

    Actually, after coming up with the idea, Saurabh and Ravi went to Dubai and there they met a Pakistani citizen. Both of them created ‘Mahadev App’. The ED said that the duo had set up around 4,000 panel operators in India for betting. Each panel had 200 customers who placed bets. From this app he started earning Rs 200 crore daily. A juice and tire seller now started dealing in crores of rupees every day. Both of them used such tricks that within a few months they became owners of twenty thousand crore rupees.

    How did you earn so much money?

    Customers were added to ‘Mahadev App’ through new websites and chatting apps. For this, Mahadev App was also promoted on social media. This message was sent to the people that more money can be earned in less time through this app. Out of greed, people used to download this app. ED said in its complaint that people could contact the company only through WhatsApp. An employee working in ‘Mahadev App’ used to help the customers in making ID. Customers were given two numbers by the app, from one they used to bet and from the other they could talk to customer care. The accounts in which customers used to send money were fake accounts. The app was designed in such a way that the company never faces any loss. But they were given benefits in the beginning to trap the customers. With this he used to invest more money in betting. This trend was continued for a long time and when the customer invested a huge amount on this app, he would lose. He didn’t even know that he was cheated. And in this way the company started making profits worth crores of rupees.

    Saurabh got married in Dubai in February this year. Money was spent like water in the marriage. Saurabh had invited many big Bollywood faces including Sunny Leone, Tiger Shroff, Neha Kakkar to perform. Non-bailable warrants and lookout circulars have been issued against Saurabh and Ravi by the investigating agency. Also, all the big faces involved in his marriage are now on the ED radar. According to the information, Saurabh had given money to film stars through an agency.

  • The big thug with Mahadev app had a lot of fun in Dubai, Bollywood stars also brought cash by dancing; Rs 2.5 crore seized

    Action has started against Bollywood stars who got cash by dancing in the wedding of mega thug Saurabh Chandrakar. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has conducted raids targeting the managers of some celebrities in Delhi and Mumbai. Information about getting cash worth Rs 2.5 crore has come to light. Saurabh Chandrakar, wanted under the Money Laundering Act, earned thousands of crores of rupees through betting Mahadev app and spent Rs 200 crores on his wedding in Dubai.

    Chandrakar had spent money like water in the wedding held in Dubai in February 2023. Chandrakar, a resident of Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, had called his relatives to Dubai by private jets to attend the wedding. Many big Bollywood actors also came to perform at the wedding. According to ED sources, these artists were paid in cash through Hawala operators.

    Now Bollywood actors have also come under the target of the central agency which is investigating the money laundering of more than Rs 5 thousand crore by Saurabh Chandrakar. According to a report in India Today, after Rs 2.5 crore was seized in the raid, the statements of the managers of these celebrities have also been recorded. Most of the managers have revealed that they received payment in cash from the event companies through operators. Bollywood celebrities who attended the wedding may soon be called for questioning.

    ED has also raided the owner of Mahadev App, his family, business partner and the travel agency handling ticketing work for the celebrities who promote it. ED says that Chandrakar and Uppal, who earned illegal money from betting Mahadev app, are residents of Bhilai, Chhattisgarh and are running business from Dubai. Till now, ED has seized assets worth more than Rs 417 crore in this case.

  • 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.

  • Not only 14 film stars, these businessmen will also dance with Saurabh Chandrakar! Why did Mahadev App become a pain in the neck?

    Saurabh Chandrakar… who earlier used to sell juice in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh. His betting habit is old. Whatever he earned he lost in betting. He went to Dubai with the dream of becoming rich. There he is living a luxurious life after looting several thousand crore rupees in a few years. In February, he got married in such a way that now he has come in the headlines. He wasted two hundred crore rupees like water. Famous film stars danced at her wedding. In such a situation, along with mastermind Saurabh Chandrakar, who cheated through Mahadev App, many film stars and big businessmen have also come under the radar of the investigating agencies.

    Dancers were invited from Mumbai for the wedding

    The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has made many important revelations about Saurabh Chandrakar. ED has seized his assets worth more than Rs 400 crore. Actually, in February, mastermind Saurabh got married in Ras Al Khaimah (RAK). He called his relatives from India in a private jet. He booked dancers and wedding planners from Mumbai. More than 14 celebrities from the film industry were called to perform. All these payments were made through hawala.

    Hotel booking was done for 42 crores

    ED has so far raided 39 places in this case. According to the Indian Express report, ED revealed that they have evidence that Saurabh Chandrakar had given Rs 112 crore to a businessman named Yogesh Popat for his marriage. Yogesh has an event management company. Also, the hotel where Saurabh got married was booked for Rs 42 crore.

    Ticket booking company also on radar

    Two businessmen named Dheeraj Ahuja and Vishal Ahuja are also on the ED radar. Both of them have a travel agency. ED has also searched his office. This company had booked everyone’s tickets for Saurabh’s wedding. It is believed that both the owners of this company have a special connection with the mastermind of Mahadev App. Not only for weddings, Saurabh used to book tickets from this company on other occasions also.

    people for hawala related work

    During the investigation, ED also found that a businessman named Vikas Chhaparia used to handle all the hawala related work of Mahadev App. Vikas is a resident of Kolkata. The name of a businessman named Govid Kedia is also coming to light in the investigation. Kedia used to help Vikas in hawala related work.

    From Sunny Leone to Tiger Shroff on radar

    According to the information, ED is going to send notice to all those film stars who attended Saurabh Chandrakar’s wedding. Saurabh had invited more than 14 celebrities like Sunny Leone, Tiger Shroff, Atif Aslam, Bhagyashree to his wedding. Saurabh had given huge amount to these people in exchange for stage performance. It has also come to light that on many other occasions Saurabh used to invite film stars to his parties and give them money in return. In such a situation, now many big businessmen whose names have come out or are about to come and many film stars have come on the radar of ED.

  • 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.

  • From Sunny Leone to Tiger Shroff, 14 famous people attended the wedding of Mahadev app thug; 200 crores shed like water

    Thousands of crores of rupees are defrauded through a betting app named Mahadev. The kingpin who carried out the fraud gets married in UAE. More than Rs 200 crores are spent like water on a wedding. The accused calls his relatives from India by private jet. Besides, he calls 14 famous people from Sunny Leone to Tiger Shroff and gets them to perform on stage in his wedding. Let’s know the whole story of the betting scam…

    Money was spent like water in a luxurious wedding

    Actually, ED has made many revelations about Saurabh Chandrakar, the kingpin of Mahadev betting app. Let us tell you that ED is investigating the money laundering case of Rs 5,000 crore. Saurabh got married in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in February. According to the report of ‘Aaj Tak’, 14 big film stars from India were invited to that wedding. Everyone was also given money in exchange for their performance.

    These 14 people attended the wedding

    Mastermind Saurabh Chandrakar invited Sunny Leone, Neha Kakkar, Bharti Singh, Bhagyashree, Kirti Khabanda, Nusrat Bharucha, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Vishal Dadlani, Atif Aslam, Ali Asgar, Elli Avram, Tiger Shroff, Krushna Abhishek and Pulkit on stage at his wedding. Was called for performance. According to the information, Saurabh had given huge amount to all these film stars.

    Let us tell you that in this case, ED has so far seized cash and property worth more than Rs 400 crore. Four people have also been arrested. Two main accused of this betting app have been identified. First, Saurabh Chandrakar and second, Ravi Uppal. Both the accused are residents of Bhilai, Chhattisgarh. The ED, which is involved in the investigation, has so far raided dozens of places.