Harare- VIGILANT security operatives in the Ministry of Home Affairs led by minister Kazembe Kazembe unearthed a massive scam where supposedly reliable Indian investor Nwab Shaji Ul Mulk ‘duped’ President Emmerson Mnangagwa and flew in approximately 500 dubious Indian nationals in the country ahead of the T-10 Cricket Cup tournament,Express Mail Zim revealed.

Mulk charmed Mnangagwa with pledges of creating a ‘Cyber City’ yet he allegedly had ulterior motives to ship in his agents for a multi-million dollar online betting syndicate.

The Indian billionaire is the only person of his nationality who landed chairmanship of the T-10 league through his dodgy company Mulk International.

The online betting outlets that he schemed in Zimbabwe were under the banner of Fairplay, a brainchild of Sourabh Chandrakar who is a person of interest in India.

According to our sources, after investigations, Home Affairs intelligence established that Mulk shipped in at least 500 dubious individuals into Zimbabwe in the first half of the year.

This was corroborated by leading international publication The Times of India which further alleged that he set up fictional companies that transfer or launder money obtained through unlawful online gambling software to safe havens in the Middle East.

Mulk misrepresented his credentials to President Mnangagwa and through his(His Excellency) quest to develop the nation in the Second Republic , he believed the international conman in good faith.

According to Hindustantimes, Chandraker is the mastermind of the online illegal betting app Mahadev Book originally hails from Bhilai in Chhattisgarh.

He is part of a 16 members of ₹4,000 cr betting racket with links to 11 countries held in Noida. The racket involved an illegal Mahadev Book app. The suspects were operating from a three-storey bungalow in sector 108 and stole more than ₹405 crore from their victims in 2 months, the police were quoted in the paper saying.

According to police officers quoted by the paper, the betting syndicate is headed by Chandrakar in Dubai, who operates various other illegal betting centres in Noida.

“Chandrakar’s operations in India are handled by Sachin Soni. Chandrakar used to provide bank accounts, fake Sim cards, mobile phones and laptops to suspects,” said Verma.

DCP Chander said, “Two of the suspects were recently trained in Dubai as well. They spent 22 days in training there.”

The police recovered 12 laptops, 73 smartphones, 19 cheque books, 6 passbooks, 90 ATM cards, 58 Sim cards, six passports, a Creta car and a Thar Jeep along with other incriminating documents from the suspects, he added.

Chandrakar who was to obtain a diplomatic passport arranged by Mulk is believed to be hiding in Dubai, but recently changed his nationality to Vanuatuan – Country in Oceania. Vanuatu is a South Pacific Ocean nation made up of roughly 80 islands that stretch 1 300 kilometers.

According to the Times of India, the company’s corporate accounts were allegedly linked to fictional companies that transfer or launder money obtained through unlawful online gambling software to safe havens in the Middle East.

According to media reports in UAE when he wanted to wed in February this year, law enforcement agents reportedly kept an eye on the number of people attending as per news reports from Bhilai. Immigration authorities were also contacted, and the police have issued a lookout notice.

The dark side of online sports betting came to light when police from Noida and Chhattisgarh busted a gambling racket run via the Mahadev Book app.

A racket worth 4 000 crores. It began with the onset of the pandemic. The network expanded to Pakistan… the UAE and 11 other countries in a matter of months.

According to police, he built this digital platform with the help of his techie accomplice – Ravi Utpal during the Covid-19 lockdowns in 2020.

The Zimbabwean security authorities quickly discovered the dodgy character and raised a red flag leading to the massive deportations.

Sources say Mulk attempted to bribe some CIO operatives and elbow out a Dubai based businessman who trusted him and brought him to Zimbabwe inline with the President ‘s engagement and re-enangagement policy which has emphasis on the mantra to hat “Zimbabwe is open for business”

Source: Express Mail