In relation to Mahadev app case, Mumbai Police have filed a case against 32 people, including Mohit Burman, chairman of Dabur Group & Gaurav Burman, director of firm
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In relation to the Mahadev app case, Mumbai Police have filed a case against 32 people, including Mohit Burman, the chairman of the Dabour Group, and Gaurav Burman, the director of the firm, stated a PTI report. The charges centre on gambling and fraud, according to the First Information Report (FIR).
Among the alleged suspects connected to the Mahadev betting app, Mohit Burman is listed as number sixteen and Gaurav Burman as number eighteen in the FIR. The FIR was the result of a complaint filed by social activist Prakash Bankar, and it lists an unidentified person as the 32nd offender, as stated in the report.
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The 26th accused, actor Sahil Khan, is charged with operating a different betting app linked to Mahadev's internet betting business. According to the FIR, Sahil Khan ran the app and made a sizable profit in addition to promoting it.
The connection between Sahil Khan and an online gambling app was first revealed in a promotional video that was filmed in Dubai. His listing as an app operator in the FIR suggests possible issues down the road.
According to social worker Prakash Bankar, the case centres on the use of the betting software Khiladi, which has been accused of scamming users out of almost Rs 15,000 crore.
The charges registered by the police include sections 420, 465, 467, 468, 471, and 120 (B) of the Indian Penal Code.
Furthermore, the Mahadev Book Online Betting APP syndicate is the subject of an investigation by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). It is allegedly the case that the promoters of the syndicate, who are based abroad, use colleagues to remotely oversee several panels throughout India.
Four people linked to the network are allegedly under custody by the ED, which has also confiscated over Rs 450 crore in criminal proceeds. In addition, the ED has filed a prosecution complaint against 14 people.
Recently, ahead of the November 7 and 17, 2023, Assembly Elections, the ED obtained information on November 2 about a large-scale cash transfer in Chhattisgarh connected to the Mahadev APP, the report stated. Asim Das, a cash courier, was arrested by the ED during searches at Hotel Triton and another site in Bhilai. He was purportedly sent from the United Arab Emirates to transfer a sizeable sum of cash for the ruling Congress Party's election costs.
According to the report, allegations surfaced from Das's questioning, phone forensics, and an email linked to a senior Mahadev network official that around Rs 508 crore had supposedly been transferred to Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel in the past.
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