Ed -questions actor Sonu Sood in PMLA investigation linked to betting -App: What we know

New Delhi, September 24 (PTI), Sonu Sood, appeared before the Maintenance Directorate (ED) on Wednesday for interrogation in a money laundering that is linked to an online betting app named 1xbet, officials said. Sood, 52, reached the agency’s Central Delhi office at about 12 o’clock. The investigating officer of the case will question the actor and record his statement under the Money Laundry Prevention Act (PMLA), officials said. See: Sonu Sood arrives at Ed Office on September 24 Ed Probing Online Betting App: What we know, the Federal Investigation Agency has former cricketers Suresh Raina, Shikhar Dhawan, Robin Uthappa and Yuvrs Singh, apart from former TMC MP and actor Mimi Chakraborty and Bengali -actor questioned. Some female social media influences have also been questioned by the agency as part of this investigation. The investigation into the activities of the 1xbet Reduction App is part of the ED’s broader investigation against such platforms on the allegations of evading many people of rupps of rupps and reportedly evading a large number of direct and indirect taxes. According to Curacao registered 1xbet, it is a global recognized bookmaker with 18 years in the betting industry. The brands of the brand can bet on thousands of sporting events, with the company’s website and app available in 70 languages, according to the information available on its website. A few sports persons, film actors, online influences and celebrities are expected to be questioned by the agency in the coming days. The ED may also soon initiate the process to attach assets of individuals in this case that are found using the alleged returns of crime generated from the promotional activities of the app. A loading sheet will be submitted before a court, the sources said. According to the sources, the agency’s investigation is according to the familiarity to know how they were contacted by the said betting business that their approval, the nodal person (s) for contact in India, the mode of payment (cash by Hawala or Banking Channel) and the place of payment (in India or abroad), etc. was illegal in India. It also asked them to provide a copy of their contracts and all relevant email and paper documentation they made with 1xbet. According to the sources, the agency also looks at the end use of the money the familiarities have taken to see if one of them can be categorized as the ‘returns of crime’ under the PMLA. Ed shifts to ‘focused strategies’ to investigate financial crimes. The Union government recently banned Real Money Online Gaming in India by enacting a legislation. The ED also recently made a policy decision to have “focused strategies” to investigate financial crimes related to alleged illegal bets and games. According to estimates by market analysis firms and investigative agencies undertaken before the ban on the government, there were about 22 crore Indian users in various such online disapproaches, half of which were ordinary users. According to experts, the online betting market in India is worth more than $ 100 billion, which according to experts would grow. The government told Parliament that it had issued 1,524 orders from 2022 to June 2025 to block online betting and gambling platforms. Disclaimer: This story was published from a wire agency feed without changes to the text. Only the head has been changed.