Mahadev betting app owner Ravi Uppal detained, action taken in UAE
Ravi Uppal detained: Ravi Uppal, one of the two main owners of Mahadev online betting App, has been detained in Dubai by the local police based on a red notice issued by Interpol on the orders of ED. Are in touch with the authorities. Ravi Mahadev is an associate of Saurav Chandrakar, the main accused in the app case.
Ravi Uppal, the co-founder of the Mahadev online betting app, has been detained in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Indian agencies are in touch with UAE officials. The Government of India has taken strict action against many illegal betting apps and websites including Mahadev's online betting app. It was banned considering it to be an illegal and illegal app.
Apart from Chhattisgarh Police and Mumbai Police, Uppal is being investigated by the ED in a money laundering case related to alleged illegal betting. The federal probe agency had in October filed a money laundering chargesheet against Uppal and another promoter of the internet-based platform, Saurabh Chandrakar, before a special court under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. A red notice was later issued by Interpol based on the ED's request.
The agency had informed the court in the charge sheet that Uppal had taken a passport of Vanuatu, an island country in the Pacific Ocean, even though he had not renounced his Indian citizenship. According to the ED, the estimated proceeds of crime in this case are around Rs 6,000 crore.
