Exclusive | Ex-R&AW officer in Pannun case linked to Mahadev app staff in Dubai: Delhi Police

Police records show the probe in the Rohini case against Yadav led to the arrest on July 1 this year of a man identified as Jalaluddin alias Sameer in Chanakyapuri for his alleged key role in the criminal conspiracy.

“The probe revealed that Jalaluddin, who worked with the online book app in Dubai, approached Yadav to kidnap the complainant and threaten him as he was not paying up money owed. Yadav roped in his associate Khan, who works as a car dealer, and they got Rs 16 lakh through hawala from Jalaluddin,” sources said.

The investigation officer (IO) is likely to inform the Enforcement Directorate (ED), which is probing the Mahadev case, about Jalaluddin, the sources said.

In the Rohini case FIR, the complainant had alleged that after kidnapping him, Yadav claimed there was a “supari” (contract) to eliminate him from gangster Lawrence Bishnoi at the behest of Dubai-based Jalaluddin.

“The complainant told them he had nothing to do with Lawrence Bishnoi, but Abdullah Khan (Yadav’s alleged associate) threatened him with a pistol. They told him that he was not making some pending payment to Jalaluddin. Yadav also received a call from Jalaluddin and he mentioned that the first dose of injection had been given to him,” the complainant alleged in the FIR.

The complainant had also claimed he was “hit on my head” by Khan, and forced to hand over his gold chain and rings. He claimed they also visited a café that he runs and took cash from the outlet.

On July 23, while hearing a bail plea by Jalaluddin, Additional Sessions Judge Saurabh Partap Singh Laler ruled that he “should not leave the country without prior permission of the court, his passport is already seized by the IO and he should not tamper with evidence, influence witnesses, or contact the complainant directly or indirectly”.

All the three accused, including Yadav, are out on bail, and police have started preparing a supplementary chargesheet in the Rohini case.

The complainant’s advocate, Rahul Thukral, said they will oppose Jalaluddin’s bail in the Delhi High Court. “After the registration of the FIR in 2023, he was threatening the complainant and since he is out on bail, the complainant is still scared,” he said.

The Mahadev betting app scam relates to alleged money-laundering totalling an estimated Rs 6,000 crore by the promoters through “illegal acts of online betting” on various social media platforms. The ED has filed two chargesheets in a Chhattisgarh court after conducting multiple raids.