Cricketer Yuvraj Singh appears before ED in online betting app case

Former Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh on Tuesday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate ED for questioning in a money laundering case linked to an online betting app named 1xBet officials saidSingh 43 reached the agencys office in central Delhi around 12 noonThe agency questioned the allrounder and lefthand batter and recorded his statement under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act PMLA the officials saidWATCH Delhi Former Indian Cricketer Yuvraj Singh arrives at the ED office in connection with the probe into the alleged illegal betting app 1xBet pictwittercom900Fid9ok0mdash ANI ANI September 23 2025An influencer named Anveshi Jain also appeared before the ED for questioning in the same caseThe federal probe agency has questioned former cricketers Suresh Raina Shikhar Dhawan and Robin Uthappa apart from former TMC MP and actor Mimi Chakraborty and Bengali actor Ankush Hazra over the last few weeks as part of this investigationActor Sonu Sood has been summoned for Wednesday by the ED in the same caseThe investigation into the operations of the 1xBet betting app is part of the EDs wider probe against such platforms on allegations of duping numerous people of crores of rupees and reportedly evading a huge amount of direct and indirect taxesAccording to Curacaoregistered 1xBet it is a globally recognised bookmaker with 18 years in the betting industry The brands customers can place bets on thousands of sporting events with the companys website and app available in 70 languages as per the company information available on its websiteSome other sportspersons movie actors online influencers and celebrities are expected to be questioned by the agency in the coming days as part of this probeThe EDs line of investigation according to sources is to know from the celebrities as to how they were contacted by the said betting company seeking their endorsement the nodal persons for contact in India the mode of payment cash through hawala or banking channel and place of the payment in India or abroad etcThe agency while recording the statements of the cricketers and actors is understood to be asking them if they knew that online betting and gaming was illegal in India It has also asked them to furnish a copy of their contracts and all relevant email and paper documentation made by them with 1xBetThe agency is also looking at the end use of the money taken by the celebrities to check if any of them can be categorised as the proceeds of crime under the PMLA according to the sourcesThe Union government recently banned real money online gaming in India by bringing a legislationThe ED during a recent national meeting of its senior officers in Jammu and Kashmir has also decided to initiate focused strategies to investigate financial crimes arising from this sector linked to alleged illegal betting and gamingAccording to estimates by market analysis firms and probe agencies undertaken before the government ban there were about 22 crore Indian users in various such online betting apps out of which half were regular usersThe online betting app market in India was estimated to be worth over USD 100 billion which was stated to be growing at the rate of 30 per cent according to expertsThe government has told Parliament that it has issued 1524 orders from 2022 till June 2025 to block online betting and gambling platformsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever