The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued summons to actor Ranbir Kapoor in the money laundering case related to Mahadev Betting App and directed him to appear for questioning on Friday. Officials said on Wednesday, ED has asked Ranbir to appear at the agency’s Raipur office. The agency has accused the actor of taking money from app promoters to promote their product in the virtual space, officials said. Sources said that ED is investigating the role of 14 to 15 other celebrities in this case and they will also be called for questioning soon.
Allegation of money laundering from benami bank accounts
According to ED, the company’s promoters Saurabh Chandrashekhar and Ravi Uppal were operating it from Dubai. He is a resident of Bhilai, Chhattisgarh. ED alleged that they used online book betting applications to register new users. They used to launder money from multi-level benami bank accounts by creating IDs.
Branches opened through franchise
Officials said that they used to give business rights to the branches opened through franchise to their experts at a profit ratio of 70-30. Hawala was used extensively to send the money earned from betting to other countries. A large amount of cash was used to promote betting websites in India.
14 to 15 other celebrities on radar
Sources said that the ED is investigating the role of 14 to 15 other celebrities in the case and they will also be called for questioning soon.
Hawala was used
Officials said that Hawala was used on a large scale to transfer the money earned from betting to accounts in other countries. He said huge sums of money were used to promote betting websites in India to attract new users and franchises.
