Raipur, Nov. 4 -- A late-night police raid in a quiet residential neighborhood of Chhattisgarh's Durg in March 2022 led to a haul of laptops, mobile phones, passbooks, and debit cards -- a seizure that would later become the foundational link in uncovering the multi-crore Mahadev online betting network, police and court records show.

According to police records, officers at the Mohan Nagar police station registered a case at 11:50 pm on March 30, 2022, following a tip-off regarding an illegal online gambling operation in Pushpak Nagar, roughly 3 km from the station. The operation facilitated betting on cricket, horse racing, greyhound racing, and kabaddi.

Led by Inspector Jitendra Verma, a police team raided the premises and arrested th...