NEW DELHI: Mumbai’s cyber cell particular investigation workforce detained actor Sahil Khan from Chhattisgarh concerning the Mahadev betting app case, an official stated on Sunday.
On Saturday, Khan was detained from Chhattisgarh’s Jagdalpur following the Bombay Excessive Courtroom‘s denial of his pre-arrest bail plea.
The SIT is at present investigating alleged illicit dealings between particular monetary and actual property corporations within the state and the backers of the contentious Mahadev betting software.
As per the preliminary info filed by the police within the matter, the dimensions of the fraud quantities to roughly Rs 15,000 crore.
An inquiry is ongoing involving Sahil Khan and 31 different people. Police procedures embrace scrutinizing their financial institution accounts, cell gadgets, laptops, and different technical gadgets.
To this point, one particular person has been apprehended in reference to the case, with additional investigations ongoing, acknowledged the official.
Recognized for movies like ‘Type’ and ‘Excuse Me’, Khan, on April 18, was questioned for greater than 4 hours by the SIT fashioned in reference to the Mahadev betting app case, an official stated.
Earlier, actor Tamannaah Bhatia was summoned by the Maharashtra cyber cell concerning her alleged promotion of watching IPL matches on a subsidiary app of the Mahadev on-line gaming and betting platform. Bhatia can be required to look earlier than the Maharashtra cyber personnel on April 29, in response to a senior police official.
Bhatia’s summons is expounded to her purported endorsement of watching Indian Premier League (IPL) matches on the Fairplay betting app, stated the official. It is alleged that some IPL matches have been illicitly streamed on the app in 2023, as per a criticism on this matter.
Relating to the identical case, singer Badshah and the managers of actors Sanjay Dutt and Jacqueline Fernandez had additionally recorded their statements.
The Mahadev app is at present below scrutiny by numerous investigative businesses for purported unlawful transactions and betting actions.
(With inputs from businesses)



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