{"id":777007275,"date":"2023-07-14T04:38:38","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T07:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777007275"},"modified":"2026-04-22T20:03:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T23:03:32","slug":"india-23-arrests-in-operation-against-online-gambling-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-23-arrests-in-operation-against-online-gambling-platform","title":{"rendered":"India: 23 arrests in operation against online gambling platform"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Police in India arrested 23 people for operating an illegal online betting platform, Mahadev Book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>India.- Police in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, have arrested 23 people in Chhattisgarh, Odisha, and Andhra Pradesh as part of an ongoing operation <strong>against the illegal online betting platform Mahadev Book<\/strong>, According to reports, the police have frozen <strong>150 accounts at 12 banks<\/strong>, together containing approximately Rs 45 lakh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those arrested reportedly revealed that around 75 per cent of their funds were being transferred to Dubai.\u00a0<strong>Saurabh Chandrakar<\/strong>, the alleged mastermind, and partner<strong>\u00a0Ravi Uppal<\/strong>, are believed to be in Dubai, as per previous reports. A notice has been issued for their arrests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police believe the operation is run by different groups whose operators are typically trained in Dubai. Over 500 arrests have been made since the operation began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an unrelated case,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-30-arrested-in-goa-for-alleged-illegal-gambling\" target=\"_blank\">Goa police have arrested approximately 30 people<\/a>\u00a0in a series of operations targeting alleged illegal gambling. Police said ten cases were registered in North Goa and 20 cases are in South Goa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police in India arrested 23 people for operating an illegal online betting platform, Mahadev Book.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":22841,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Indian authorities have intensified operations against the illegal online betting platform Mahadev Book, leading to 23 arrests and the freezing of bank accounts containing Rs 45 lakh. Investigations reveal significant fund transfers to Dubai, where the alleged masterminds are believed to reside and where operators receive training. Separately, Goa police conducted operations against illegal gambling, resulting in 30 arrests.","focusai_entities":"Mahadev Book, Saurabh Chandrakar, Ravi Uppal","focusai_location":"India, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Dubai, Goa, North Goa, South Goa","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.85), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Cross-border Enforcement","query":"What specific international cooperation frameworks are being activated to extradite alleged masterminds operating from jurisdictions like Dubai, and what precedent does this establish for global regulatory enforcement against illicit iGaming operations?"},{"label":"AML Protocol Enhancement","query":"How will the identified illicit financial flows, particularly the 75% transfer to Dubai, influence the refinement of AML and KYC protocols for licensed payment processors and B2C operators handling transactions originating from high-risk regions?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16334],"tags":[20326],"class_list":["post-777007275","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\/777007275","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=777007275"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777007275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777007287,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777007275\/revisions\/777007287"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777007275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777007275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777007275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}