{"id":777008429,"date":"2023-08-22T08:18:31","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T11:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777008429"},"modified":"2026-04-22T18:49:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T21:49:21","slug":"police-conduct-raids-targeting-alleged-involvement-in-mahadev-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/police-conduct-raids-targeting-alleged-involvement-in-mahadev-book","title":{"rendered":"Police conduct raids targeting alleged involvement in Mahadev Book"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Enforcement Directorate has carried out raids in Durg and Bhilai in Chhattisgarh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>India.- According to local media reports,\u00a0<strong>the Enforcement Directorate (ED)<\/strong>\u00a0has conducted raids on several homes in Durg and Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, seeking people involved in operating the unlicensed Mahadev Book betting platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The raids were conducted following\u00a0<strong>the arrest of Naveen Batra<\/strong>, who allegedly revealed\u00a0the names of more than 12 people linked to the app. Mahadev Book is reported to be run by\u00a0Saurabh Chandrakar from Dubai. Suspected high-profile members including Nitin Motwani and Yusuf Potti, remain subjects of lookout notices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Enforcement Directorate has carried out raids in Durg and Bhilai in Chhattisgarh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":34643,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Enforcement Directorate has conducted raids in Durg and Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, India, targeting individuals involved in operating the unlicensed Mahadev Book betting platform. These actions follow an arrest that revealed multiple names linked to the app, which is reportedly run from Dubai, underscoring ongoing efforts against illegal iGaming operations.","focusai_entities":"Enforcement Directorate, Naveen Batra, Mahadev Book, Saurabh Chandrakar, Nitin Motwani, Yusuf Potti","focusai_location":"Durg, Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, India, Dubai","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on India's iGaming","query":"What are the broader implications of these enforcement actions by the ED on the future regulatory landscape and market integrity for both licensed and unlicensed iGaming operations in India?"},{"label":"Cross-border Enforcement","query":"How do international jurisdictions, particularly Dubai, collaborate with Indian authorities on cross-border enforcement against operators of unlicensed platforms like Mahadev Book?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16334],"tags":[23911],"class_list":["post-777008429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777008429","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=777008429"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777008429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777008458,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777008429\/revisions\/777008458"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777008429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777008429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777008429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}