What is Mahadev App Scam? Why are Bollywood stars including Ranbir Kapoor on ED’s radar
ED has summoned Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor on October 6 in the Mahadev App Case. In this case, many other stars including Tiger Shroff, Neha Kakkar, Vishal Dadlani, Atif Aslam, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Ali Asgar and Sunny Leone are also on the radar of the investigating agencies. According to sources, the investigating agencies have found evidence that the owners of Mahadev App had given money in exchange for promoting their gaming platform. Ranbir Kapoor appeared in the advertisements and social media promotions of this app. After all, what is this matter and why all the Bollywood celebrities have come under the ambit of its investigation, let us understand in detail.
What is Mahadev app issue?
Mahadev Online Book Betting App is a syndicate of many websites and apps. Saurabh Chandrakar and Ravi Uppal started this app together. It has been operational for about last 4 years. The promoters of the company are residents of Bhilai, Chhattisgarh. The platform allegedly provides online platforms for illegal betting on a variety of live games including cricket, tennis, badminton, poker and card games. The betting app is run by giving a franchise at a profit ratio of 70:30. Its headquarters is located in UAE. Call centers of this application are also in Sri Lanka, Nepal.
The whole scam is worth 5000 crores
The Mahadev App scam case is said to be worth around Rs 5000 crore. All the lotteries and betting options available on the game platform were designed in such a way that the players always lost money and the company remained in profit. Actually, betting on Mahadev app used to start from Rs 500. Even if the player lost, the company would give him some money. People used to get addicted to it. The expansion of this app can be gauged from the fact that it had 30 centers in Chhattisgarh alone. Investigating agencies suspect that this scam may be worth Rs 5000 crore.
Recently ED had conducted raids in this case. ED seized and froze assets worth Rs 417 crore of people associated with this app in many cities. Hawala syndicate of Mahadev App used to do money transactions not only in India but all over the world. ED has also found evidence of connection with Pakistan in this case. It is alleged that with the help of the app, transactions worth crores were also done with Hawala operators of Pakistan.
Who is on ED’s radar?
In this case, the scope of ED’s investigation has reached many Bollywood stars. Names of Tiger Shroff, Neha Kakkar, Elli Avram, Bharti Singh, Sunny Leone, Bhagya Shree, Pulkit, Kirti Kharbanda, Nusrat Bharucha, Atif Aslam, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Ali Asgar, Vishal Dadlani and Krishna Abhishek also came up in this case. Is.
