NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached properties worth over Rs 1,000 crore linked to several high-profile personalities in connection with an alleged illegal betting app and money laundering case, officials said.
Among those whose assets have been attached are former Indian cricketers Yuvraj Singh and Robin Uthappa, Trinamool Congress MP and actor Mimi Chakraborty, and Bollywood actor Sonu Sood. The action was taken under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) following a provisional attachment order issued by the federal agency.
The ED has also attached properties linked to the mother of actor and model Urvashi Rautela, actress Neha Sharma, and Bengali actor Ankush Hazra. Officials said these assets were provisionally attached after investigations revealed their alleged links to proceeds of crime.
According to the agency, the attached amounts include around Rs 59 lakh linked to Mimi Chakraborty, Rs 2.5 crore to Yuvraj Singh, Rs 8.26 lakh to Robin Uthappa, Rs 1.26 crore to Neha Sharma, Rs 47 lakh to Ankush Hazra, and about Rs 2.02 crore linked to Urvashi Rautela’s mother. The total also includes accrued interest of nearly Rs 1 crore.
The ED said all the celebrities had been questioned earlier during the course of the probe. The attached assets have been classified as “proceeds of crime” allegedly generated through promotional activities linked to an illegal online betting platform, identified as 1xBet, which is registered in Curaçao.
Earlier, the agency had attached assets worth Rs 11.14 crore belonging to former Indian cricketers Shikhar Dhawan and Suresh Raina as part of the same investigation. The probe into the betting app network and its financial transactions is ongoing.
