The Enforcement Department (ED) has summoned former indian cricket team star player and chennai Super Kings team's "Chinna Thala" suresh raina in a money laundering case related to an illegal gambling app. This has created a stir in the cricket community. Following complaints that crores of rupees are being laundered through online gambling apps across the country, the Enforcement Department has launched an intensive investigation. In particular, it is said that the use of the gambling app '1xBet' has increased among people after some celebrities promoted it. The Enforcement Department has found that the money received from users through these apps is transferred through several fake bank accounts and is ultimately smuggled abroad via hawala and cryptocurrency. The Enforcement Directorate has said that innocent people and investors are being cheated out of crores through illegal gambling apps, and the government is suffering huge tax losses.
 As part of this fraudulent network, an attempt has been made to promote these apps using celebrities to create credibility for them. What is the connection to suresh Raina? suresh raina is said to have acted as the advertising ambassador of a gambling app called '1xBet'. Due to this, he has been summoned in this case. He has been ordered to appear at the Enforcement Directorate office in delhi on august 13. His statement is expected to be recorded under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The Enforcement Directorate officials will question him to find out the details of his connection with this app and the money received for it. The list of celebrities is getting longer! The list of celebrities caught in this gambling app case does not end with suresh Raina. Already, the Enforcement Directorate has summoned bollywood celebrities like Ranbir Kapoor, Kapil Sharma, Huma Qureshi, and Hina Khan in the Mahadev online gambling app case. The telangana Police has also registered a case against 25 celebrities, including actors prakash raj and Rana Daggubati, for their involvement in online gambling advertisements.
Currently, in the investigation related to the 1xBet app, not only suresh raina but also former cricketers Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, and actor sonu sood are being questioned, according to reports. The Enforcement Directorate is conducting nationwide raids with a view to shutting down the activities of illegal gambling apps. Recently, raids were conducted at 15 places, including Mumbai, delhi, and Hyderabad, in connection with the gambling app 'Parimatch'. It is said that evidence of money transfers worth more than Rs 2000 crore has been seized in these raids. Moreover, the Enforcement Directorate has also summoned google and Meta (Facebook) for allowing these illegal advertisements on their platforms. The fact that suresh raina has also been summoned in this case has created a lot of excitement in the indian cricket community. Only after the investigation will the complete details of his role in this case be known.
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Sowmiya Sriram

13/08/2025 10:38 AM