After CBI, ED arrests Mahadev betting app scam accused

RAIPUR The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on Friday (November 13, 2026) said it has arrested Saurabh Chandrakar, co-owner and promoter of the Mahadev Online Book illegal betting syndicate, and would now be confronting with the evidence of money laundering against him. Earlier on Thursday (November 12, 2026), a special CBI court remanded Chandrakar to seven days’ judicial custody and dismissed ED’s application to execute their non-bailable warrant against him.

On Friday (November 13, 2026) post the arrest, the ED produced him at a special PMLA [Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002] court in Raipur which remanded him to ED custody for seven days till November 19 for further investigation. “In ED custody, Saurabh Chandrakar will be confronted with the statements of his associates, digital data and documents concerning his foreign entities and evidence of commission of offence of money laundering,” an ED official said.