The Supreme Court has directed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to trace and secure the absconding Mahadev betting app co-founder, who has fled from Dubai to an undisclosed location, saying the white-collar crime accused cannot be allowed to treat courts and probe agencies as "instruments to play around with".

Taking a serious note of accused Ravi Uppal evading the law enforcement agencies, a Bench led by Justice MM Sundresh said, "This shocks our conscience and the court has to do something about it."

Uppal has reportedly fled Dubai, where he was under surveillance, to an undisclosed location forcing the UAE authorities to initiate steps for closure of his extradition proceedings.

"For kingpins like him, the courts and investigating agencies are mere instruments to play around with. We

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