Shikhar Dhawan (AFP photo) New Delhi: The former Indian cricket Shikhar Dhawan was asked on Thursday for approximately eight hours by the Directorate for Pravo (ED) in the alleged illegal case of money laundering, official sources said. He entered the office of the Federal Sundal Agency in the Delhi Center around 11:00 and left after 19:00.The agency recorded its statement under the Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in this investigation associated with the “illegal” betting application called 1xbet, the sources said.The 39 -year -old former opener in India is considered to be associated with the application through certain confirmation. ED wants to understand his links with this application during interrogation.The agency examines several such cases concerning illegal betting applications that allegedly cheated on many people and investors who have a routing or have avoided a huge amount of taxes.Last month, the former cricket Suresh Raina federal probe was questioned in this case.The agency is expected to expect more such athletes and celebrities in the coming days.The trade union government has banned online real money online by bringing legislation recently.According to the company’s estimates and the Sonda agency on the market analysis, there are common users in various online betting applications, half of which (about 11 crore) are common users.According to experts, the market for betting applications in India is worth over $ 100 billion, which is growing 30 %.The government recently told Parliament that from 2022 to June 2025 issued 1,524 orders to block online betting and gambling.
