Raipur, Nov. 13 -- A special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Raipur has granted the Enforcement Directorate (ED) seven-day custody of Saurabh Chandrakar, the prime accused in the multi-billion-rupee Mahadev Online Book betting app scam.

Following the court's order, Chandrakar will remain in ED custody for interrogation and further financial tracking and will be produced before the court next on November 19.

The federal probe agency is investigating the expansive money laundering network, hawala channels, and high-profile payoffs linked to the syndicate, which operated illegal betting platforms across India and abroad.

Chandrakar was arrested by the ED at 3.10 pm on Friday. His lawyer Saurabh Pandey said Chandrakar wa...