An illegal online betting case registered at Mumbai’s NM Joshi Marg police station has emerged as a crucial link in a wider Enforcement Directorate (ED) probe into an alleged pan-India syndicate involved in ‘dabba trading’ — an illegal method of trading outside of official stock exchanges — and online betting operations spanning multiple cities, including Mumbai, the agency said. A prosecution complaint was filed on December 22 before a Special PMLA Court in Indore against the syndicate.

The agency said its investigation, initiated on the basis of an FIR registered by the Indore Police, revealed an interconnection with an earlier FIR registered at NM Joshi Marg police station in Mumbai.