Trace Mahadev app case accused Uppal: SC to ED

HT reported on Tuesday that Mahadev app co-founder Ravi Uppal has fled the UAE and is currently untraceable.

- Abraham Thomas

Kingpins of white-collar crimes cannot be allowed to treat courts and investigation agencies as “mere instruments” to play around with, the Supreme Court observed on Tuesday, as it directed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to tighten the noose around Mahadev betting app co-founder, who fled Dubai to an undisclosed location.

HT had reported on Tuesday that Ravi Uppal, the fugitive co-founder of the Mahadev app, was untraceable and the UAE authorities have initiated “closure of his extradition proceedings” following his exit from Dubai, where he was kept under surveillance.

“This shocks our conscience. We have to do something about this. For kingpins like him, the courts and investigating agency are mere instruments to play around with,” a bench of justices MM Sundresh and Satish Chandra Sharma said.