Former MP Trinamool Congress Mimi Chakraborta appeared before Monday for questioning in the case of washing money associated with an alleged illegal betting application, the officials said.
The Chakborta statement, 36, is recorded in the prevention of the Money laundering Act (PMLA) in the case of “illegal” betting application called 1xbet.
The former MP and the actor are understood as interconnected with the application through certain accompaniment and financial transactions. The Directorate for enforcement (ED) wants to understand its links with this application during the 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.
In this case, the federal agency for the probe was questioned by former cricket Suresh Raina and Shikhar Dhawan.
The actor Uvashi Rautela, 31 years, was asked to settle on Tuesday in this case ED. Rautela is an Indian ambassador 1xbet.
According to the company, 1xbet is a world -renowned bookmaker with 18 years in the betting industry. Brand customers can be betting on thousands of sports events, with a website and application of the company available in 70 languages.
In the coming days, the agency is expected to question more athletes and celebrities.
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.
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