India, Nov. 4 -- Ravi Uppal, co-founder of Mahadev Online Book App, the man who, who along with Sourabh Chandrakar created an illegal betting empire worth several thousand crore rupees and was arrested in Dubai in December 2023 based on an Interpol red notice, has fled from the gulf country to an "unknown location", highly placed officials told HT.

UAE authorities have not disclosed to India "his exit route or destination" but have initiated "closure of his extradition proceedings", the officials added.

The development comes as a major setback for the Enforcement Directorate (ED), the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Chhattisgarh police, which were hoping to have Uppal and Chandrakar extradited from Dubai , considering the frie...