India's Central Bureau of Investigation said on November 1, 2026, that it had brought back Sourabh Chandrakar, a promoter of the illegal Mahadev Online Book betting network, from Oman. The bureau said it secured his extradition from the Sultanate of Oman and that a specially dispatched team escorted him back to India.
Omani police detained him on the basis of an Interpol red notice issued against Sourabh Chandrakar. The Central Bureau of Investigation and the Directorate of Enforcement sent formal extradition requests to Oman along with the evidence they had gathered. After Oman approved the extradition, the bureau's team flew to Muscat.
Chandrakar is named in two Central Bureau of Investigation cases in which charge sheets have already been filed, and in a money laundering case run by the Directorate of Enforcement. The bureau's charges rest on the Prevention of Corruption Act of 1988, on Indian Penal Code provisions on criminal conspiracy, cheating and forgery, and on the Chhattisgarh Public Gambling Act. The Directorate of Enforcement has attached several properties in India and abroad.
Chandrakar had been detained abroad before. In October 2024 he was arrested in Dubai. Reports at the time said extradition proceedings had already begun and that his transfer to India could take about a week. In the end, however, he was detained in Oman. According to the Directorate's charge sheet, the network is linked to the UAE, with the Mahadev Online Book platform run from a central headquarters in the UAE.
For operators and partners working with Indian traffic, the case shows one thing: an arrest on a red notice does not by itself guarantee that a suspect will be handed over. Extradition could not be carried out from the UAE, but it was carried out from Oman.
The next step is court. Doctors will examine Chandrakar, and before he is sent to Raipur, a transit warrant for his custody will be prepared. On November 2 he will be brought before a special judge of the Central Bureau of Investigation in Raipur.
