Bhilai (Chhattisgarh): In a major development in the probe into the Mahadev online betting app scam, police Wednesday arrested prime suspect Deepak Nepali under the National Security Act.
Deepak, who was on the run for a long time, was tracked and nabbed by the Crime Branch and Vaishali Nagar Police in Chhattisgarh's Bhilai. Cases against him were registered in Supela, Vaishali Nagar, and Cantonment police stations.
Even during the assembly elections in the state, the police were searching for the accused but could not trace him. In July, the police arrested Nepali’s brother Neeraj Nepali, and four of his gang associates in the case. A joint team of Crime Branch and Vaishali Nagar Police under the leadership of CSP Crime Rajeev Sharma caught Deepak from Vaishali Nagar.
In another key development in the case, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Durg police have ‘restricted the activities' of Saurabh Chandrakar, one of the two promoters of the Mahadev App in Dubai, the ED informed. The action has been taken in Dubai on the Red Corner Notice of ED.
The ED also identified properties worth Rs 100 crore belonging to Chandrakar and Ravi Uppal in Dubai and initiated a legal process for attachment. Chandrakar is a resident of Bhilai. He along with his partner Ravi Uppal started the Mahadev online betting app which spread across the country within a few days and became a major source of black money. After trapping people in the clutches of the app, both flew to Dubai and were operating the app from Dubai.
Ravi, the co-founder of the Mahadev app was arrested by Dubai police on December 12. After this, preparations were started to tighten the noose on Saurabh Chandrakar.
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