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The Enforcement Directorate has named several high-profile personalities, including former cricketers Yuvraj Singh and Robin Uthappa, in its ongoing probe into an illegal online betting and money laundering network. The agency has provisionally attached assets worth several crores under the PMLA, alleging links to illicit funds generated through the betting app 1xBet, as investigations into the case continue.
New Delhi: In a recent development in the illegal online betting case, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has revealed the names of several high-profile personalities allegedly linked to money laundering activities. Prominent figures, including former cricketers Yuvraj Singh and Robin Uthappa, have been named in the case. The list also includes former Trinamool Congress MP Mimi Chakraborty and Bengali actor Ankush Hazra.
Sources said the operation, carried out under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), also covers properties linked to actor Neha Sharma and actor-model Urvashi Rautela. The revelations indicate that multiple properties connected to well-known personalities across India have been identified in the probe.
Contentious crackdown
According to the report, the assets provisionally attached include properties worth approximately Rs 2.5 crore belonging to Yuvraj Singh, Rs 8.26 lakh linked to Robin Uthappa, Rs 1 crore associated with actor Sonu Sood, and Rs 59 lakh tied to Mimi Chakraborty. Additionally, assets worth around Rs 1.26 crore related to Neha Sharma, Rs 47 lakh connected to Ankush Hazra, and Rs 2.02 crore linked to Urvashi Rautela’s mother have also been seized.
Authorities have categorised the attached properties as "proceeds of crime” under the PMLA, alleging that they are linked to illicit funds generated through an illegal betting application identified as 1xBet, which is registered in Curaçao. Sources said all the named individuals had been questioned earlier by the ED as part of the ongoing investigation.
Investigations underway
The latest development follows earlier asset attachments in the same case. The ED had previously provisionally attached assets worth Rs 11.14 crore belonging to former Indian cricketers Shikhar Dhawan and Suresh Raina.
The agency stated that investigations into the alleged betting network and related money laundering activities are ongoing, with further action likely as the probe progresses.