Oman after Dubai: A new battle to bring Mahadev App kingpin back to India | Explained
Large-scale financial fraud and money laundering are being normalized.
Saurabh Chandrakar and Ravi Uppal, both from Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, co-founded an illegal betting app called App Mahadev Online Book in 2018. The pair allegedly ran a large network of illegal betting panels across India, generating profits through user enrollment and games, which were then laundered and transferred abroad. The estimated value of the scam is ₹6,000 crore, making it one of the largest illegal betting syndicates uncovered in the country. Chandrakar and Uppal fled India in 2019 to continue running the app from "West Asian countries."
9 JUL 2026
— NDTV
Mahadev App Founder Detained in Oman, India Seeks Extradition
10 JUL 2026
· THIS STORY — The Hindu
Co-founders Saurabh Chandrakar and Ravi Uppal, fleeing India in 2019, continued operating the illegal betting app App Mahadev Online Book from West Asian countries.
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