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This is how partners Sourabh Chandrakar and Ravi Uppal, now based in Dubai, are allegedly running the Mahadev Online Book an illicit betting platform being investigated by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and police in multiple states...
On Wednesday, the ED arrested assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Chandrabhushan Verma of the Chhattisgarh Police for allegedly acting as chief liaison officer for the owners of Mahadev Online Book..
Sources in the ED said ASI Verma allegedly received Rs 65 crore in cash from the promoters of the app, adding that by his own admission, he kept his cut and distributed the rest as bribes to senior police officers and politicians...
According to sources in the ED, the probe so far has revealed that although ASI Verma is not a very senior officer in the police hierarchy, his alleged connections with the CMs political adviser Vinod Verma and the kickbacks he allegedly received from Dubai, enabled him to influence senior officers in the force...
He, along with Satish Chandrakar, was receiving hefty monthly money via hawala from Dubai-based promoters of Mahadev Online Book and was distributing the same to senior police officers and leaders politically connected to Chief Ministers Office, the officer said...
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