Co-founder of Mahadev betting app arrested.
Co-founder of Mahadev betting app arrested.
Ravi Uppal Arrested: Ravi Uppal, co-founder of Mahadev betting app, has been arrested from Dubai. Along with him, two of his associates have also been arrested. India had issued a Red Corner Notice against Ravi Uppal. The Indian investigating agency is currently in touch with the security agency of Dubai. Preparations are being made to bring the accused to India as soon as possible.
fraud case
Mumbai Police has registered a case against 32 people including the promoter of Mahadev betting app in a fraud case of about Rs 15 thousand crore. According to the Matunga police officer, an FIR was lodged against app promoter Saurabh Chandrakar and main accused Ravi Uppal, Shubham Soni and others on charges of fraud since 2019.
ED also registered a case of money laundering
Earlier, Chhattisgarh Police had registered a case against Saurabh Chandrakar and Ravi Uppal. ED had also registered a case of money laundering against him. Police have also imposed sections related to cyber crime in this case. The investigation of the case is likely to be transferred to the Economic Offenses Wing (EOW) of the police. She will interrogate all these accused.
22 apps were banned
Recently, the Central Government has banned 22 such apps including Mahadev App. This app and the people associated with it are on the radar of ED. ED has also arrested two policemen from Chhattisgarh in this case. The FIR was registered against the Mahadev Sattabaazi app in Mumbai last week on the orders of the Kurla Metropolitan Magistrate’s court after a complaint was lodged by Prakash Banker, a social activist from Matunga.
A case has been registered on the complaint of Matunga social worker Prakash Bunkar. Prakash Banker lodged a complaint in the court, after which the court ordered the Matunga police to register a case. Prakash Banker has claimed that people have been defrauded of about Rs 15 thousand crores. The accused used to play gambling and other games through the player app. Crores of rupees were earned from this. Matunga police have registered a case under various sections.
