{"id":777008121,"date":"2023-08-11T04:31:46","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T07:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777008121"},"modified":"2026-04-22T19:09:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T22:09:53","slug":"india-6-arrested-for-allegedly-running-illegal-betting-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-6-arrested-for-allegedly-running-illegal-betting-app","title":{"rendered":"India: 6 arrested for allegedly running illegal betting app"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Police in Durg say they have closed the 456th branch of the illegal betting app Mahadev Book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

India.- Police in Durg, Chhattisgarh, claim to have shut down the 456th branch of the illicit betting app, Mahadev Book. police arrested six people and seized a laptop, five mobile phones, ATM cards and bank passbooks. An unknown number of bank accounts have been frozen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to G2G News, police received a tip-off regarding Mahadev Book operations near Vivekananda Udyan in Bhilai’s Sector 1. Those arrested are said to have confessed to their involvement in illegal activities. They remain in custody, under the direction of SP Shalabh Kumar Sinha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They are believed to have also operated the Goa branch of the betting app and were linked to a recent kidnapping.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this month, police in Raipur,\u00a0in the same state,\u00a0arrested the director of a nightclub<\/a>\u00a0in Ama Seoni for allegedly operating illegal online betting with the Mahadev Book and Anna Reddy betting platforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Police in Durg say they have closed the 456th branch of the illegal betting app Mahadev Book.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":33583,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Police in Durg, India, have shut down the 456th branch of the illegal betting app Mahadev Book, arresting six individuals and seizing assets. This action follows earlier arrests in Raipur linked to Mahadev Book and Anna Reddy platforms, highlighting ongoing regulatory enforcement against illicit gambling operations in the region.","focusai_entities":"Mahadev Book, G2G News, SP Shalabh Kumar Sinha, Anna Reddy","focusai_location":"India, Durg, Chhattisgarh, Bhilai, Raipur, Goa, Ama Seoni","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Indian iGaming?","query":"What are the broader implications of these enforcement actions on the potential for regulated iGaming market development and investment in India?"},{"label":"Regulatory Enforcement Strategy?","query":"What specific regulatory and law enforcement strategies are being deployed to dismantle large-scale illegal betting networks like Mahadev Book, and what are their long-term effectiveness metrics?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16334],"tags":[20326],"class_list":["post-777008121","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\/777008121","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=777008121"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777008121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777008128,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777008121\/revisions\/777008128"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777008121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777008121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777008121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}