Mahadev betting app co-promoter Ravi Uppal has been arrested in Dubai, with Indian agencies moving to secure his extradition. Uppal, 46, was detained by Dubai authorities after an Interpol Red Notice was issued at the request of Indian probe agencies. The CBI and ED are now working to extradite him to India in connection with a money laundering case. The arrest comes days after another Mahadev promoter, Saurabh Chandrakar, was brought back to India from Oman on November 1 following extradition steps. A special court in Raipur granted the CBI eight days of custody for Chandrakar on Wednesday. Uppal and Chandrakar both hail from Bhilai in Chhattisgarh’s Durg district. Uppal had previously been detained by UAE authorities in 2023, but Indian agencies later located him in Australia. The agencies also alleged that he obtained a passport from Vanuatu, a South Pacific island country, in a manner similar to Chandrakar. In an October 2023 chargesheet, the CBI alleged Uppal generated and benefited from proceeds of crime and was involved in concealing and layering them. The agency also alleged he helped deliver liaison money to bureaucrats and politicians in Chhattisgarh through police assistant sub-inspector Chandrabhushan Verma and others. The CBI said the Mahadev app, also known as Mahadev Online Book (MOB), began operations in 2019-20. It alleged the platform operated through thousands of panels and generated proceeds of crime worth around Rs 80,000 crore since 2019. Uppal remains in Dubai following the arrest, while the extradition process to India is underway with the CBI and ED handling steps with UAE authorities.