The Mumbai police have transferred the First Information Report (FIR) for the alleged ₹15,000-crore gambling and cyber fraud linked to the Mahadev Book Online Betting app syndicate to the crime branch citing the extensive nature of the investigation.
The Matunga police registered a case against 32 persons, including Mahadev betting app promoters, Dabur Group Chairman Mohit Burman and company director Gaurav Burman, under various Sections of the Indian Penal Code, the Gambling Act and the Information Technology (IT) Act, following a complaint lodged by Mumbai-based social worker, Prakash Bankar.
“As law and order police cannot focus completely on a big case, which needs special attention, the senior officials have transferred the case to the crime branch,” an official privy to the case said.
