Mahadev Online Book Scam: ED Attaches ₹1,700 Crore Assets in Dubai, Delhi
Moneylife Digital Team 26 March 2026
The directorate of enforcement (ED) has intensified its crackdown on the Mahadev Online Book betting syndicate by attaching assets worth about ₹1,700 crore, including high-value properties in Dubai and New Delhi, in one of the largest actions in the case so far. The assets include luxury villas and apartments in premium locations such as Dubai Hills Estate, Business Bay, SLS Hotel & Residences, and even units in the Burj Khalifa.
 
In a statement, the agency says its Raipur zonal office issued a provisional attachment order on 24 March 2026 under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), targeting 18 immovable properties in the UAE and two in Delhi. 
 
According to ED, the attached properties belong to Sourabh Chandrakar, one of the main promoters of the Mahadev Online Book platform, and are held through entities linked to him and his associates, including Vikas Chhaparia, Rohit Gulati, Atul Arora, Nitin Tibrewal and Surendra Bagri.
 
The agency says its investigation has uncovered a large-scale international betting syndicate operating through multiple platforms, including Tiger Exchange, Gold365, and Laser247. The network functioned on a franchise-based model, with 'panels' run by operators across India, while the core operations were allegedly controlled from Dubai by Chandrakar and Ravi Uppal.
 
ED alleged that the promoters retained about 70%–75% of the profits generated, with the remainder distributed among panel operators.
 
Illicit proceeds were routed through thousands of mule bank accounts, transferred abroad using hawala channels and cryptocurrencies, and eventually invested in high-value assets in India and overseas.
 
The latest action marks a sharp escalation from earlier enforcement steps. As reported by Moneylife in January 2026, ED had then attached assets worth about ₹21.45 crore linked to key operators and associates of the syndicate.
 
That attachment included properties belonging to Ravi Uppal, Rajat Kumar Singh and others, along with residential and commercial assets across Bhilai, Jaipur, Delhi and Dubai. The agency had also flagged the role of multiple panel operators and promoters allegedly generating crores in illegal proceeds through betting operations.
 
At that stage, total seizures and attachments in the case stood at about ₹2,621 crore.
 
With the latest ₹1,700 crore attachment, the total value of assets seized, frozen or attached in the Mahadev betting case has now reached about ₹4,336 crore, ED says.
 
The agency has so far conducted searches at more than 175 locations across the country, arrested 13 individuals, and named 74 accused in five prosecution complaints filed before a special PMLA court in Raipur.
 
ED has also initiated proceedings under the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act against Sourabh Chandrakar, Ravi Uppal and others, seeking confiscation of their assets.
 
The agency says efforts are ongoing to trace accused persons operating from abroad and dismantle the international financial network linked to the illegal betting ecosystem.
 
Further investigation into the case is underway, it added.
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