India, Nov. 4 -- A special court in Raipur has granted the CBI eight days' custody of Saurabh Chandrakar, the alleged kingpin of the Rs 6,000-crore Mahadev online betting app case, officials said on Wednesday.

Chandrakar, who was recently extradited from Oman, was granted a two-day CBI transit remand on Monday as the agency wanted to produce him before the trial court in Chhattisgarh. He was brought to Raipur in CBI custody on a private flight on Tuesday evening.

On Wednesday, he was produced before Special Judge (CBI) Manoj Kumar Singh Thakur. The agency sought 10 days of custody, defence lawyer Tushar Giri said. However, the court granted eight days and allowed the CBI to take him to Delhi for questioning.

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