A majority of gambling websites blocked by the government on the recommendation of Enforcement Directorate (ED) last Sunday bear links to Mahadev Book platform, HT has learnt.
The ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) blocked 22 offshore and Indian gambling websites as part of continued crackdown on such apps and websites. MeitY blocked 138 online betting apps and websites in February.
The latest list included mirror websites of at least two companies, including Lotus 365, which were blocked in February. Despite the blocking order being issued last Sunday (November 5), until Saturday evening, HT could access 18 of the 22 websites directly or through mirror websites without using a VPN. Some of the websites and their mirrors also get redirected to 7cric.com, a betting website that wasn't on the blocking list.
A senior ED officer confirmed that all 22 websites were blocked on its request and are connected to Mahadev.
The financial crimes probe agency has alleged in its charge sheet filed last month that Mahadev Book "provides illegal betting facilities in different live games like poker, card games, chance games, betting on cricket, badminton, tennis, football etc, and also provide facility for playing a number of card games like Teen Patti, Poker, Dragon Tiger, Virtual Cricket games using cards etc., to even APPS allowing placing bets on different elections in India."
The platform's promoters, Sourabh Chandrakar, 28, and Ravi Uppal, 43, initially moved to the UAE but are now suspected to be moving between Sri Lanka, Australia, London and the Caribbean, according to ED.
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