Land Rover Defender, Volvo, Mahindra Scorpio-N Seized From Illegal Betting App Masterminds

The Chhattisgarh-based Mahadev betting app has branched all over India, and many bookies are making crores of rupees with the help of illegal betting. Recently, another case from Rajasthan has been reported in which the state's Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) managed to conduct a raid on the illegal betting app racket linked to the Mahadev betting app. The authorities have arrested two men and have also seized luxury cars like the Land Rover Defender, Volvo XC60, and a Mahindra Scorpio-N, along with a lot of cash and UAE resident cards.

Illegal betting app bookies arrested and luxury cars seized

A video showing the seized luxury cars along with the arrested men has been shared on Instagram by Zipkon Jaipur on their page. In this short video, we can see that a Land Rover Defender with an expensive VIP registration number “RJK 0007,” a Volvo XC60 with VIP number “RJ 18 CE 7777,” and a Mahindra Scorpio-N have also been seized.

Apart from these luxury cars, two bookies have also been arrested with lakhs of rupees and currencies of other countries, such as the United States Dollar.

Additionally, 10 smartphones, three passports, and a United Arab Emirates (UAE) resident card have also been seized by the Rajasthan Anti-Gangster Task Force. In total, the value of seized assets including cars, bank accounts, cash and other valuables amount to Rs 100 crore.

Details of the raid

As per reports, AGTF conducted a major raid at House No. B-58, Narayan Sagar ABC, Narayan Vihar, which comes under the Mansarovar police station jurisdiction in Jaipur, Rajasthan. The two men who were the main bookies behind this whole operation are Robin Kumar (32 years old) and Ravi Godara (31 years old).

Both of these bookies were operating more than 70 online games through the Mahadev betting app. For those who may not be aware, the Mahadev betting app is an illegal betting website founded by Saurabh Chandrakar from Chhattisgarh. He currently resides in Dubai along with his associates and controls the betting app, which is used by a lot of people illegally.

After tracing large-scale financial transactions worth crores of rupees, the police managed to conduct a raid. These transactions were made using rented bank accounts and SIM cards registered under fake identities. Two more associates, named Mukesh Meena from Harmada, Jaipur, and Mahesh Punia from Beeper, Fatehpur, Sikar, were given the responsibility of controlling the master ID.

How did this illegal betting racket work?

This particular master ID, named “All” in the MD Panel (Mahadev), was used to create and manage customer IDs for betting. Mahesh Punia was responsible for generating customer IDs and distributing them to the bettors. As for the transactions, the accused people linked QR codes to the betting panel for collecting payments.

Following the collection of these payments, deposits made by the players were transferred to internal accounts before being used for betting. Winnings and losses were all settled through the Mahadev platform.

All of this money was transacted through fake bank accounts, rented SIM cards, and digital payment methods. Police officials have stated,

We are continuing the investigation to track down other members involved in this extensive betting network.