Mahadev founder seeks Interpol notice’s removal

Ravi Uppal, co-founder of Mahadev Online Book App, who fled from the UAE last year and is untraceable, has asked the Commission for the Control of Interpol's Files (CCF) to remove the red notice against him, people familiar with the matter said.

- Neeraj Chauhan

CCF is an independent five-member high-powered body within the international police agency that reviews global arrest warrants against fugitives.

In his appeal to CCF, Uppal is believed to have argued that he is being targeted in India due to political reasons and would not receive a fair trial in the country, the people cited above said. India’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) has already senta detailed response to CCF along with charge sheets and other evidence “vehemently contesting” Uppal’s claims and urged it to reject his plea, they added.

Uppal and his business partner Sourabh Chandrakar fled India in 2019. An Interpol red notice was issued against him in October 2023 based on which he was taken into custody in Dubai two months later. The next month (January 2024), ED sent an extradition request to the UAE authorities but he was released within 45 days.