Dabur Group Chairman Mohit Burman and Director Gaurav Burman are among the 31 people named as accused in an FIR filed by the Mumbai Police in the Mahadev betting app case, according to an India Today report.
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It is stated that the industrialists Mohit Burman and Gaurav Burman are among the accused named in the FIR copy of the case. The address mentioned against Mohit Burman’s name in the FIR is in Fort Mumbai, where one of his investment company offices is located, as per the Registrar of Companies.
The FIR was registered on November 7 based on a complaint by a Matunga resident social activist, Prakash Bankar. It revolves around Khiladi App, a subsidiary unit of the Mahadev app.
According to the complainant’s statement in the FIR, Mohit Burman and Gaurav Burman allegedly had links to one of the bookies for match fixing in cricket leagues.
Chander Agarwal and Dinesh Khambat are named as London residents and the main bookies for match fixing in cricket matches held in India. Chander Agrawal has backdoor partnerships in the leagues and is helped by one Hemant Sood from Dubai and one Rohit Kumar Murgoi, as per the report.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is investigating the Mahadev betting app case.
The probe agency had filed a chargesheet in the case which named 14 people, including Sourabh Chandrakar, Ravi Uppal, along with other accused Vikas Chhapariya, Chandrabhushan Verma, Satish Chandrakar, Anil Dammani, Sunil Dammani, Vishal Ahuja and Dheeraj Ahuja.
On November 5, the Centre issued blocking orders against 22 illegal betting platforms, including the Mahadev app and Reddyannaprestopro’, on ED’s request, an official statement said.
The action of banning the 22 illegal betting platforms follows investigations conducted by the ED against an illegal betting app syndicate and subsequent raids in connection with the Mahadev app in Chhattisgarh.
