Overview
- Chandrakar was taken into custody by Royal Oman Police this week after an Interpol red notice, and Indian officials say he was travelling on a forged passport from a Southeast Asian country.
- India has filed formal extradition or deportation requests through its consulate in Muscat while exploring legal options under the India‑Oman treaty to bring him back to face charges.
- The CBI has filed multiple fresh chargesheets in the case, adding evidence against Chandrakar, co‑founder Ravi Uppal and dozens of alleged operatives and facilitators under IPC, anti‑corruption laws and the Chhattisgarh Gambling Prohibition Act.
- The Enforcement Directorate has provisionally attached roughly ₹1,700 crore in Dubai properties linked to Chandrakar and says total assets frozen in the probe now total about ₹4,336 crore.
- Investigators say the Mahadev network ran a franchise of about 3,200 local panels, routed commission income through thousands of mule accounts and moved funds abroad by hawala and cryptocurrency, and Omani proceedings on the forged‑passport case could delay any extradition.