Vijay Deverakonda, Rana Daggubati booked for promoting betting apps

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Cyberabad police have booked 25 individuals, including prominent Tollywood stars, for promoting betting apps. Rana Daggubati, Vijay Devrakonda, Prakash Raj, and Lakshmi Manchu are among those named.

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00:00Trouble now for Tollywood stars for going ahead and promoting betting apps. This is the big news break that's coming in

00:07There are several big Bolly Tollywood stars who've been named Vijay Devrakonda, Rana Daggubati

00:13They've been booked now for promoting these particular betting apps

00:17It's the Saibabad cops who are in fact taking this action

00:21It is not just Rana Daggubati, Vijay Devrakonda, Prakash Raj, Lakshmi Manchu, all very prominent names in Tollywood

00:27They've been booked for going ahead and advertising these betting apps

00:30A crackdown that you're seeing right now by the Telangana police

00:34These stars have been accused of promoting betting apps

00:37And the police now have booked 25 people including several of these Tollywood stars

00:44Vijay Devrakonda, Rana Daggubati, Prakash Raj, Nidhi Agarwal, Lakshmi Manchu

00:50They've all been booked for going ahead and promoting these betting apps

00:55Abdul Basheer is joining us with more details on this

00:58Abdul, give us a list of Tollywood stars now who are under the scanner

01:02Have they been promoting illegal betting apps? Is that really what this controversy is about?

01:09Well yes, Akshita, this is completely about the betting apps that had been promoted on the social media platforms

01:17By these Tollywood stars, especially Prakash Raj, Rana Daggubati

01:21Rana Daggubati is the primary accused in the case that is registered in Mirapur of Saibabad commissionerate

01:26Where 25 people have been booked for promoting these illegal betting apps

01:33And the complainant had urged that this is causing a serious concern to the social and economic well-being of the public

01:41And action must be taken against these individuals

01:44After which the police have registered cases against 25 individuals

01:47However, earlier on March 17, 11 influencers were booked by the Hyderabad West Zone Police

01:55These YouTubers were promoting the betting apps, following which the police had registered the case

02:01And now we see the second case that is registered by the Telangana Police, Saibabad Commissionerate

02:06Where 25 individuals have been booked, including stars like Prakash Raj, Rana Daggubati and others

02:15Well, thanks very much for getting us those details

02:17We will track all the updates that come in

02:19And if there is any statement that comes in from any of these celebrities who have now been named by the Telangana Police

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