The Central Bureau of Investigation conducted widespread raids across 33 locations in six states targeting panel operators in the Mahadev online betting app case. The searches, based on disclosures from extradited promoter Sourabh Chandrakar, led to the seizure of digital devices and the dismantling of live betting setups operating through mule accounts and hawala channels.

The Central Bureau of Investigation conducted widespread raids across 33 locations in six states targeting panel operators in the Mahadev online betting app case. The searches, based on disclosures from extradited promoter Sourabh Chandrakar, led to the seizure of digital devices and the dismantling of live betting setups operating through mule accounts and hawala channels.

The Central Bureau of Investigation conducted widespread raids across 33 locations in six states targeting panel operators in the Mahadev online betting app case. The searches, based on disclosures from extradited promoter Sourabh Chandrakar, led to the seizure of digital devices and the dismantling of live betting setups operating through mule accounts and hawala channels.

The Central Bureau of Investigation searched 33 locations across six states in the Mahadev online betting app case, targeting premises linked to panel operators. 

The teams raided properties in Amritsar, Delhi, Nagaur, Dholpur, Bhopal, Raipur, Durg, Indore, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Mumbai, and Nagpur over the past few days. They recovered digital devices, mobile phones, and documents that showed that the accused used mule accounts and hawala channels.

The agency said that searches were conducted based on disclosures made by Sourabh Chandrakar, one of the platform’s principal promoters, after his extradition from Oman. His interrogation revealed the details about the working of the platform and its network of panel operators in India.

The central agency had previously registered two FIRs in the case after the Chhattisgarh government transferred the investigation to the CBI.

The platform is run from abroad through a head officer and operates in India through a large network of panel operators.

These operators handle customer IDs, collect betting money in the bank accounts exclusively opened or hired in the name of other persons and see the profits abroad through hawala channels, officials confirmed on Saturday.

The agency targeted premises linked to panel operators of the betting platform.

One CBI spokesperson said that officials found live betting and gambling panel were found operating at several locations and subsequently dismantled.

Officials are continuing the probe to identify the other conspirators and overseas operators and allegedly involved public servants. They are also working to extradite absconding accused persons.

They warned citizens that online gambling is illegal and that lending bank accounts, SIMs and identity documents for such activities would be subject to criminal proceedings.

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