The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has extradited Sourabh Chandrakar, a promoter of the Mahadev Online Book betting platform, from Oman to India.
A specially deputed CBI team brought Chandrakar back yesterday following coordination between Indian agencies and Omani authorities, the agency said in a statement.
He is expected to be produced before a CBI Special Court in Raipur today after a medical examination and completion of transit remand formalities.
Chandrakar faces two CBI cases in which chargesheets have been filed, besides a money laundering case registered by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), in which a prosecution complaint has been filed.
The Royal Oman Police located and detained him following an Interpol Red Corner Notice. The CBI and ED subsequently submitted formal extradition requests, supported by evidence gathered against him.
The process was coordinated through Indian government agencies and Interpol’s National Central Bureau, with support from Omani authorities. The CBI described his extradition as a significant step in bringing back fugitives accused of running transnational criminal operations targeting Indian citizens.
The CBI took up the Mahadev Online Book cases at the Chhattisgarh government’s request. According to investigators, the platform operated from outside India through a network of franchised panels and branches that enrolled users and facilitated illegal betting on cricket, football, card games, and other events. The CBI alleged that betting proceeds were routed through mule bank accounts, layered across multiple transactions, and transferred overseas through hawala channels. Part of the money was allegedly paid to public servants as protection money to allow the syndicate to operate without hindrance.
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