NEW DELHI, Nov. 3 -- A Delhi court on Monday granted two-day transit remand of Mahadev betting app promoter Sourabh Chandrakar to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), allowing the agency to take him to Raipur and produce him before a special court in connection with the alleged illegal betting syndicate. Principal district and sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge (CBI) Nikhil Chopra of Rouse Avenue court granted the remand after hearing arguments from CBI and Chandrakar's lawyers, who challenged the legality of his arrest in India, contending that the agency had violated the conditions under which he was extradited from Oman. The court permitted CBI to produce Chandrakar before the Special Judge for CBI cases in Raipur on or before November 4. Chandrakar was extradited on the orders of the Muscat Court of Appeal in Oman, which ruled in India's favour, while rejecting a competing extradition request from the UAE. During the proceedings, legal counsel for Chandrakar argued against his extradition, presenting a defence that he had renounced his Indian citizenship in 2020 at the Indian Embassy in Dubai and subsequently acquired nationality in Vanuatu. According to the order seen by HT, the Muscat court dismissed this argument after the Public Prosecution obtained an official diplomatic clarification from the Indian Embassy in Muscat, which confirmedthat Chandrakar remains an Indian citizen wanted for extradition. Chandrakar was arrested on November 1, after being surrendered to India by the Sultanate of Oman, where he had been detained over alleged illegal entry using forged travel documents, the CBI told the court. Refusing to term the arrest illegal, the court said its immediate task was limited to deciding the transit remand. The judge observed: "At present this court has to consider only the question of transit remand and not as to whether the judicial authority will not pursue, try, or punish the accused." However, Chandrakar's lawyer, advocate Tushar Giri, argued that his arrest was illegal because CBI's extradition request had not been accepted by the Omani authorities, while the extradition request made by ED had been allowed....