NEW DELHI: The founder and prime accused within the Mahadev betting app syndicate, who has been on the run, has been detained in Oman, and India is attempting to get him extradited or deported, officers stated Wednesday.Sourabh Chandrakar, a Chhattisgarh resident in his 30s, was detained by Royal Oman Police just a few weeks in the past based mostly on an Interpol Pink Discover issued by ED and state police.ED had beforehand acknowledged that the Mahadev case entails numerous high-ranking politicians and bureaucrats from Chhattisgarh and the alleged proceeds of the crime stand at Rs 6,000 crore.Investigators, who’ve been on his path in addition to app co-founder Ravi Uppal’s, stated casual inputs steered Chandrakar was travelling on a passport from a southeast Asian nation.Indian companies final acknowledged that Chandrakar’s location was Dubai, the place UAE authorities had detained him in 2024, however he was subsequently launched. They claimed Uppal fled from Dubai to Vanuatu, an archipelagic nation in South Pacific Ocean.India and Oman share a superb bilateral relationship and officers expressed confidence that they’d achieve extraditing or deporting Chandrakar.Authorities pointed to the latest implementation of a free commerce settlement between the 2 international locations on June 1 to spice up financial ties. The 2-way commerce between India and Oman stood at $11.2 billion in 2025-26.Chandrakar reportedly left for Dubai in 2019. Earlier than that, he used to run a juice store named ‘Juice Manufacturing unit’ together with his brother in Bhilai city of Durg district.Chandrakar and Uppal had vehemently denied any affiliation with the alleged racket.In March, ED stated it had hooked up belongings value Rs 1,700 crore, majorly positioned in Dubai – together with in Burj Khalifa – belonging to Chandrakar and his linked entities.In keeping with the company, the Mahadev app operated as a large-scale worldwide betting syndicate that facilitated unlawful betting by a number of on-line platforms and domains reminiscent of ‘Tiger Alternate’, ‘Gold365’ and ‘Laser247’. The operation was structured by a franchise-based community of ‘panels’ and ‘branches’ operated by associates throughout India.
