{"id":777005211,"date":"2023-05-15T07:36:43","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T10:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777005211"},"modified":"2026-04-22T22:01:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T01:01:12","slug":"india-5-charged-in-chhattisgarh-in-connection-with-ipl-betting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-5-charged-in-chhattisgarh-in-connection-with-ipl-betting","title":{"rendered":"India: 5 charged in Chhattisgarh in connection with IPL betting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Chhattisgarh Police have arrested five people suspected of using the Mahadev Book app during the Indian Premier League (IPL) season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>India.- The Pratappur police in Chhattisgarh attested five people for alleged <strong>illegal betting on the Indian Premier League (IPL)&nbsp;<\/strong>using the Mahadev Book app.&nbsp;Police raided a residence in Sarnapara village and seized&nbsp;25 mobile phones, three laptops and assets valued at over Rs 5 lakh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police say they have frozen Rs 2 crore across 38 bank accounts. According to Patrika, the raid was initiated following instructions from&nbsp;<strong>IG Ramgopal Garg<\/strong>, urging all departments to remain vigilant against illegal betting activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those arrested have been charged under Sections 6, and 7 of the Chhattisgarh Gambling (Prohibition) Act 2022. Chhattisgarh Police had recently made similar arrests in the Kanker region, also related to the Mahadev Book betting app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:&nbsp;<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-4-arrested-in-connection-with-online-betting-in-rajasthan\" target=\"_blank\">India: 4 arrested in connection with online betting in Rajasthan&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chhattisgarh Police have arrested five people suspected of using the Mahadev Book app during the Indian Premier League (IPL) season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":24416,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Chhattisgarh Police have arrested five individuals for alleged illegal betting on the Indian Premier League (IPL) using the Mahadev Book app. The enforcement action, which included raids, seizure of assets, and freezing of Rs 2 crore across 38 bank accounts, was conducted under the Chhattisgarh Gambling (Prohibition) Act 2022, highlighting ongoing efforts against illicit gambling operations in India.","focusai_entities":"Mahadev Book, Chhattisgarh Police, Pratappur police, IG Ramgopal Garg","focusai_location":"India, Chhattisgarh, Pratappur, Sarnapara village, Kanker region, Rajasthan","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.8), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Mahadev Book operational model?","query":"What specific operational and technological frameworks did the Mahadev Book app utilize to facilitate illegal betting, and how did it circumvent existing financial monitoring systems?"},{"label":"Regulatory impact India?","query":"What are the broader implications of these enforcement actions for the potential future regulation and licensing of iGaming within India's diverse state-level jurisdictions?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16334],"tags":[20326],"class_list":["post-777005211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-asia-news","tag-illegal-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777005211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777005211"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777005211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777005239,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777005211\/revisions\/777005239"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777005211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777005211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777005211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}