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Dilip Patel
Ahmedabad, September 15, 2025
Many people know the secret why cricket officials are adamant on organizing a cricket match between India and Pakistan during the Asia Cup cricket match on September 15, 2025. The most betting has been done on the match with Pakistan. A similar betting was also caught earlier in the cricket stadium of Ahmedabad.
There were massive protests in many places in India for not playing cricket. There is anger in the whole country that the BCCI is playing with the sentiments of the people of the country by organizing a cricket match against the enemy of India and the terrorist incident in Pahalgam after Operation Sindoor. Slogans of Pakistan Murdabad were raised by waving Pakistani flags at many places. But Jai Amit Shah of Gujarat has not given up his stubbornness to play cricket.
India’s biggest cricket betting scandal has been caught in Gujarat, while chairman Jay Shah is not ready to do anything about it.
What was the biggest cricket betting scam in history of Rs 2300 crore? Read the full news.
Gujarat’s biggest cricket betting scam
Gujarat’s biggest cricket betting scam of Rs 2300 crore in history was done by Ahmedabad PCB on March 28, 2023. The PCB team raided the Sumel Business Park Complex located in Madhupura. Accused Harshit Jain was also operating activities in shop number 128. Cricket betting scam, dabba trading, stock market betting, CA accounting scam, fake documents, all scams were going on in the same office.
37 accused were arrested during the investigation. Bookie Harshit Saurabh Chandrakar alias Mahadev was its main mastermind. Who was running a chartered account firm. India’s biggest bookie reached Mahadev Bookie, i.e. Saurabh Chandrakar. Saurabh Chandrakar runs India’s largest betting network from Dubai by the name of Mahadev Bookies. He was deported from UAE to Ahmedabad, India after he was caught for not getting a visa again.
Betting also involves trading in the stock market. So far, fake documents and separate bank accounts have been opened in the name of fake firms and individuals. Financial transactions worth Rs 2323.14 crore have taken place in this. Rs 9.62 crore have been deposited in 481 bank accounts. Apart from this, 1507 beneficiary accounts and 139 accounts linked to debit cards have also been frozen.
One incident, many crimes
This is not a simple betting case. It involves many crimes ranging from fake documents, fake companies, use of electronic platforms to obtain SIM cards on the basis of false evidence, opening bank accounts using fake documents and laundering black money, economic crimes and fraud with various agencies ranging from GST.
Meta Trader Application
He was using Velocity servers to trade and bet in the stock market through an application called ‘Mota Traders’. Passport check revealed that he was from Dubai.
The bookies were betting through mobile applications. IDs were created by making various people agents and betting was done through these agents. Its main mastermind was Deepak Thakkar, who was arrested by AMC from Dubai a year ago.
After the PCB raid, the mastermind Harshit fled to Dubai. Later, during the investigation, the case was traced to India’s biggest bookie Mahadev Bookie i.e. Saurabh Chandrakar. Saurabh Chandrakar runs India’s largest betting network under the name of Mahadev Bookie from Dubai.
A total of 37 accused have been arrested in the betting case so far, including Deepak Thakkar and Harshit Babulal Jain. Taral Bhatt, the then police officer of PCB who exposed this betting case, is also involved in this sabotage case.
The bookies against whom a case has been registered in Madhavpura police station are influential and own crores. They live abroad and are clearly saying that their business is legal. The bookies whose names have come up in this case are officers and have political connections. It is believed that the investigation has been slowed down due to political pressure from the bookies.
Inspector Taral Bhatt had received information that transactions worth crores were taking place in some companies and this money was coming from the accounts of common people. But all this money was being used in betting.
When the PCB raided, seven mobiles, three laptops, 536 checkbooks, 538 debit cards, 14 POS machines, 193 SIM cards, seven PAN cards, 83 company coins, 20 digital signature devices and cash worth Rs 3.38 lakh were seized.
A super ID was recovered from Parth who lives in Dubai and evidence was found that Harshit had created a master ID and given it to different customers.
Statements of 400 witnesses have been taken and 37 accused have been arrested. Lookout circulars have been issued against 8 accused, red corner notices against 3, provisional arrest requests against 2 and extradition proposals against 2.
Arrested from Dubai
Gujarat Police has arrested Harshit Jain, the mastermind of the Rs 2200 crore Madhupura cricket betting scandal, from Dubai after two and a half years. After being extradited from Dubai, he was arrested by SMC as soon as he landed at Ahmedabad airport.
The cricket betting scandal was being run by Harshit Jain in the name of Mahavir Enterprises. A lookout notice was issued, following which Dubai Police
traced Harshit and extradited him in coordination with the State Surveillance Cell. He was absconding for a year. Betting worth Rs 2300 crore was seized from Harshit’s office.
Preparations are underway to catch Saurabh and Amit Majithia. B went abroad.
Action has also been taken to arrest spies.
Harshit Jain fled to Goa after the Madhavpura betting case was registered. From there he fled to Dubai via Nepal. There he stayed by receiving financial assistance through Amit Mansukh Majithia, Saurabh alias Mahadev, Kartik alias Steven, Hitendra alias Jitendra Thakkar, Vivek Jain, Sameer.
He was hiding since his Dubai visa expired and his visa was not extended due to the SMC lookout notice.
Earlier, Deepak Thakkar alias Deepak Deelaksh was brought by the police from Dubai. After almost a year, Harshit Jain was deported and two accused have been arrested through RCN. Big bookies in the betting case Saurabh Chandrakar alias Mahadev, Amit Majithia, Kartik alias Steven, Hitendra alias Jitendra Thakkar, Vivek Jain, Sameer had also fled to India via Nepal.
CBI success
The CBI had issued a Red Corner Notice against Harshit Babulal Jain through Interpol on August 9, 2023. Red Corner Notices issued by Interpol are sent to all law enforcement agencies across the world to track wanted fugitives. As the National Central Bureau for Interpol in India, the CBI coordinates with all law enforcement agencies in India through Bharatpol for assistance through Interpol channels.
The accused was extradited from the UAE. That is why he was caught.
In other crimes, 100 wanted criminals have been brought back to India by coordinating through Interpol channels in the last few years.
CA Harshit Babulal Jain is a chartered accountant. He was running a chartered accountant firm named HBJ & Associates. He was involved in the GST scam and was transferring crores of rupees to fake or rented bank accounts for several years.
Police officer Taral Bhatt was suspended.
Bank manager’s cooperation
GST scam through fake companies and rented bank accounts: Harshit Jain was involved in embezzling and diverting crores of rupees per month. He opened rented accounts with RBL Bank manager Nikunj Sureshbhai Agarwal to divert crores of rupees. He paid Rs 25 lakh as commission to bank manager Nikunj Agarwal. Manager Nikunj Agarwal was already arrested.
He obtained a license under the Clerk Act and based on that purchased 193 SIM cards for mobile phones in the name of various companies. A total of 536 bank accounts were opened in the name of fake individuals and firms in various banks in the city. They also received kits including cheque books, ATM cards, debit cards through the bank and financial transactions were done through them.
More than 9 crores of funds have been frozen in 481 accounts and more than 1000 company accounts have also been closed.
SIM Cards
During the raid, 536 cheque books and 538 debit cards were found. 14 POS machines, 193 SIM cards, seven PAN cards, 83 company coins and 20 digital signature devices were recovered.
Fake rental agreements were made and SIM cards were purchased on the basis of fake documents to run illegal business. These SIM cards were used for Dabba trading and gambling through WhatsApp. Harshit Jain was running the entire racket from abroad through his network.
In the raid that lasted for more than 18 hours on March 25, 2023, it was found that fake rental agreements were made in the name of many people and Clerk Act license was obtained.
On the basis of these rental agreements, 83 firms were created on paper, 193 SIM cards were taken in their name and 536 accounts were opened in many banks of Ahmedabad by hiring people.
3.5 percent commission
Accused Jeetu Hiragar, who has been working with Harshit Jain since 2021, told that he has more than 500 bank accounts. He used to link the accounts to SIM cards.
He used to transfer the money earned from illegal transactions in stock market, dabba trading and cricket betting through laptop.
He used to use this money on nine betting apps including Mahadev App, CBTF.
An account was opened in Mahadev App on monthly rent of Rs 35,000. Saurabh alias Mahadev Chandrakar, owner of Hadev Book, took its franchise.
Harshit Jain used to get 3.5% commission on every transaction of one lakh in betting. This money was transferred to seven people including Saurabh Chandrakar and Amit Majethia of Mahadev App in Dubai. 2000 crore rupees were sent in two and a half years. The person whose laptop had the account of betting transactions written in it was caught.
Fake bill scam
Since 2019, Harshit Jain was running a chartered accountant company named Harshit Jain in Phoenix Complex near Vijay Char Rasta in Navrangpura, Ahmedabad. HBJ & Associates was closed in March 2023 itself. Harshit Jain has already made fake bills of Kartik Infraspace LLP Company – 257, Limasol Exim Private Limited – 51, Phoenix Event & Travels Planner – 8, JP Corporation – 377, Real Ferro Info Con LLP – 90 and has embezzled crores of rupees by taking advantage of GST.
Deepak Thakkar Mastermind
Mastermind Deepak, popularly known as Deepak Deluxe, was arrested from Dubai.
Harshit Jain had taken the master ID from Deepak Thakkar. That is why 2200 crores came to light
The figure of Rs. 100 crore is of the financial transactions done through the master ID given to Harshit Jain. The ID that Harshit Jain has was also with 500 other people.
Deepak Thakkar’s original hometown is Bhabhar in Banaskantha district. Earlier he used to live in Ambika Nagar Society of Bhabhar. Deepak, who studied till eighth standard, used to work in the stock market. After this, he opened an office named V.V.I.P. Software on the eleventh floor of a complex named PNTC in Vejalpur, Ahmedabad. He used to use the Meta Trader app in the Velocity server for illegal activity of stock market box trading.
Using this application, he used to get the ID of the stock market trading box and used to do and get the stock market deals done in an unauthorized manner. In this way he had created his entire network.
People from different districts of Gujarat used to play this bet.
Deepak Thakkar’s village is in Nav Bhabhar, a little far from Bhabhar village in Banaskantha district. His father Dhirajlal Thakkar was a general trader in Bhabhar. In 2010-11, he earned money from illegal trading in the stock market. Deepak used to use money freely in the village. Various facilities were available in salons and hotels.
He used to spend as much money as he wanted to buy whatever he wanted. That is why he was named Deluxe.
He had business in Bhabhar, Radhanpur, Deesa and Patan.
The mastermind of the betting scandal, Deepak was running a betting network from Dubai in the guise of a VVIP software company in PNTC Complex in Vejalpur area of Ahmedabad.
His IP address was found from electronic platforms like WhatsApp etc. and given to the UAE police. After this, the UAE police caught Deepak Thakkar on March 13, 2024.
Deepak Thakkar was extradited to the UAE court. The UAE officials informed the CBI about this. The police went to Dubai on August 27 and brought Deepak here on September 1.
New method
During cricket matches, betting is done on win, loss and runs. If there is no dearth of bookies who bet on every issue, then there is in Gujarat too. They work in different circuits. Be it Jeetu Tharad’s circuit or R.R.’s circuit. Bookies and punters associated with each circuit do not miss the opportunity to bet.
This method of betting is being done quickly and secretly through technology. Earlier cricket was played through Bolti Bobby Line. Now betting is done by opening an account through mobile application. In which the bookies credit or transfer money to the account after win or loss. Advances are also deposited. But all these accounts are not in India, but abroad, which can be called money laundering in a way. It is being told that the entire network of online betting market is running separately at this time.
The public prosecutor is Varsha Kiran Rao.
37 accused
Total 37 accused arrested
1)Jitendra Hiragar – Rajasthan
2)Satish Parihar – Rajasthan
3)Ankit Gehlot – Deesa
4) Nirav Patel – Ladol
5) Sujesh Shah – Anand
6) Nilesh Ramihal – Ahmedabad
7) Chetan Saunar – Ahmedabad
8) Praveen Prajapati – Ahmedabad
9)Ranveer Rajput – Ahmedabad
10) Jignesh Patel – Ahmedabad
11)Ajay Jain-Ahmedabad
12) Paresh Thakkar – Ahmedabad
13) Amit Khatri – Ahmedabad
14) Prakash Mali – Ahmedabad
15) Jigar Bhavsar – Ahmedabad
16)Kamlesh Patel – Surendranagar
17) Nikhil Patel – Ahmedabad
18) Bharat Patel – Surendranagar
19) Devang Thakkar – Ahmedabad
20) Dhawal Patel – Visnagar
21)Tushar Shah-Ahmedabad
22) Sanjay Patel – Ahmedabad
23)Kamlesh Patel – Rajkot
24) Nikunj Agarwal – Ahmedabad
25) Methal Patel – Ahmedabad
26)Vinod Gurjar – Rajasthan
27) Krunal Patel – Ahmedabad
28)Ritesh Kotak – Ahmedabad
29) Atul Thakkar – Ahmedabad
30) Ashutosh Thakkar – Kutch
31) Bhadresh Dounga – Ahmedabad
32) Mahipal Rajput – Rajasthan
33) Anit Prajapati – Palanpur
34) Manush Shah – Ahmedabad
35) Parth Doshi – Surendranagar
36) Deepak – Deluxe Thakkar – Bhabhar
37) Harshit Jain – Ahmedabad
Account of betting statistics
Statistical information of the entire incident
Raid on 25 March 2023.
7 mobile phones,
Rs 58,170 cash.
3 laptops,
536 bank cheque books,
538 bank debit cards,
14 bank swipe machines,
193 SIM cards of mobile phones,
7 PAN cards,
83 company coins.
13 police officers investigated,
Statements of 400 people were taken.
37 accused were arrested.
Transactions worth Rs 2323 crores were detected.
481 bank accounts
Rs 9.62 crores frozen in the bank.
Accounts of 1507 beneficiaries were frozen.
139 bank accounts were frozen.
8 Lookout Circulars were issued.
Red Corner Notice against 3,
Provisional Arrest Request against 2,
Extradition proposal against 2. (Google translation from Gujarati from the correct website)
