CBI’s big action in Mahadev betting app case, raids on 60 locations from Delhi to MP-Chhattisgarh

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) carried out raids at 60 locations in Chhattisgarh, Bhopal, Kolkata, and Delhi on Wednesday in a case associated to Mahadev Betting App. Within the raid, the residences of politicians, senior bureaucrats, cops, key officers of Mahadev Guide, and different non-public people had been raided, who had been suspected to be concerned in this illegal exercise.

Mahadev Guide, a web based betting website, is being operated by Saurabh Chandrakar and Ravi Uppal, and each of them are at present in Dubai. In accordance to the CBI, the investigation has revealed that these promoters had paid large sums of cash as “safety charges” to authorities staff to run the operations of their unlawful community easily.

Mahadev App promoter Saurabh Chandrakar was arrested from Dubai in November 2024 after Interpol issued a purple nook discover towards him. The discover was issued on the request of the Enforcement Directorate (ED). The CBI stated that through the investigation in this case, necessary digital and documentary proof has been recovered, which has been seized.
The case was first registered by the Financial Offenses Wing (EOW) in Raipur, however later the Chhattisgarh authorities handed over the matter to the CBI for a radical investigation. The CBI is now investigating the position of senior public officers and different accused individuals in the case.

This morning, the CBI additionally raided the residences of former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister and Congress chief Bhupesh Baghel. The raid has been carried out in a case associated to the Mahadev Betting App. Bhupesh Baghel was scheduled to go away for Delhi in the present day, the place he was to attend the assembly of the ‘Drafting Committee’ of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) of Congress. This assembly is being organized for the AICC assembly to be held on 8-9 April in Ahmedabad (Gujarat).

Bhupesh Baghel’s workplace posted on social media, “Now the CBI has arrived. Former Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel was going to Delhi in the present day, however earlier than that, the CBI reached his residence in Raipur and Bhilai.”