India, Nov. 12 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is likely to seek Mahadev online betting fraud mastermind Sourabh Chandrakar's further custody on Thursday from a Raipur court, where he will be produced upon completion of his eight-days' remand, people familiar with the development told HT.

The above people added that they need to unearth details of his accomplices and public servants he allegedly bribed in Chhattisgarh to safely run the illegal betting empire.

This development means that the Enforcement Directorate (ED), which is conducting a parallel money laundering investigation in the Mahadev fraud and has identified proceeds of crime worth Rs.94,000 crore, may have to wait more before it could get Sourabh's custody and ...