CBI Extradites Sourabh Chandrakar, Kingpin in Mahadev App Betting Cases, From Oman
\n\nThe Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), in coordination with other Central Agencies, has successfully secured the extradition of Sourabh Chandrakar, the promoter of the Mahadev App illegal betting syndicate, from the Sultanate of Oman. A CBI team specially deputed to Oman has escorted him back to India. He will now be produced before the CBI Special Court in Raipur.
\n\nChandrakar is wanted in 2 CBI cases in which chargesheets have already been filed and an ED case in which a prosecution complaint has been filed.
\n\nThe extradition marks a significant milestone in India's sustained efforts to bring back fugitives who operate transnational criminal enterprises against Indian citizens from abroad, and to make them face the due process of Indian law.
\n\nThe CBI took up the investigation of the Mahadev Online Book cases on the request of the Government of Chhattisgarh.
\n\nInvestigation revealed that the Mahadev Online Book was one of the largest illegal online betting syndicates in the country, run from outside India. It offered illegal betting on cricket, football, card games and other events through a network of franchised "panels" and "branches" spread across India, which enrolled…
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