India, March 26 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached 18 immovable properties in Dubai and two in New Delhi worth nearly Rs.1,700 crore in connection with the Mahadev Online Book betting case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), officials said on Thursday. The attachment order was issued on March 24.

Officials said the assets are located at prime locations in Dubai and include luxury villas and apartments, including in Burj Khalifa. The properties are linked to Sourabh Chandrakar, one of the promoters of the Mahadev Online Book app. They were held in the names of entities of Chandrakar and his associates, including Vikas Chhaparia, Rohit Gulati, Atul Arora, Nitin Tibrewal, and Surendra Bagri.

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