00:00all right we have more news coming in rana dagopathy has reached the office of the enforcement
00:10directorate this in connection with the illegal betting app case probe stars of the south in the
00:15net of the enforcement director promoting illegal betting app charge against these
00:20popular movies stars digital trails probed for kickbacks as well lens on funds linked to
00:27betting crimes on the 7th of august vijay devarav konda was also grilled remember by the ed actor
00:35prakash raj was also questioned laxmi manchu is also going to be questioned by the ed abdul bashir
00:41has got more details on that you will be going across to abdul in a second from now but we're
00:46telling our viewers about uh the questioning in connection with the illegal betting apps case
00:53rana dagopathy is at the office of the enforcement director
00:57prakash raj also has been summoned vijay devarav konda laxmi manchu also
01:05under the radar of the invoice for enforcement directed in the money laundering case
01:10the probe agency registering cases against these celebrities in connection with the illegal online
01:17betting
01:22well the agency has alleged that the four stars had endorsed online betting apps
01:31involved in involving involving generating generating generating illegal funds
01:38the statements of these actors are getting recorded
01:41during their appearance rana dagopathy is now before the enforcement directorate
01:48the ed has taken cognizance of state police affairs to register a case against the actors and a number of other
01:59celebrities and social media influences
02:05illicit funds have been generated as the charge of the enforcement directorate
02:09abdul has got more details on that story abdul this was expected rana dagopathy appearing before
02:15the enforcement directorate break this down for us what is the alleged wrongdoing here
02:25well rana dagopathy has appeared before the enforcement directorate today as he was summoned
02:29regarding the alleged promotion of online betting apps uh now here in ed office in hyderabad rana dagopathy had
02:37arrived and he's just got inside he's going to give all the concerned documents and statements
02:43pertaining to these uh you know betting apps if he was involved the statements are said to you know
02:49the statements are said to record it and what we are understanding is that earlier prakash raj and vijay
02:55devarav konda had appeared before the enforcement directorate where prakash raj was questioned
02:59and then uh vijay devarav konda had clarified that he has not promoted any online betting uh but
03:05he he has uh uh you know uh promoted online gaming app which is completely different from
03:09betting app and the ed officials themselves have no idea why his name was mentioned in this particular
03:14case is what vijay devarav konda had said after his questioning recently now today rana dagopathy
03:19has appeared before the ed after the questioning he is said to give a clarity as to what
03:24was his involvement in this particular case and what uh you know the ed has asked him
03:28regarding uh this case is what is being expected
03:32what these stars all these celebrities have said in their defense
03:46abdul what have these stars said in their defense as far as these allegations are concerned
03:51well these stars uh who have appeared the celebrities are now here 29 celebrities including
04:00youtube influencers have been summoned by the enforcement directed in this alleged promotion of
04:05betting apps uh after uh questioning for around a few hours vijay devarav konda recently he's appeared
04:12before this for this office in hyderabad the enforcement directed office in hyderabad where he was
04:17uh he had provided clarity is what he said vijay devar konda had said that uh the ed did not have an
04:23idea or clue why his name was mentioned in this particular case so he has provided clarity regarding
04:29his involvement in promoting of online gaming app now here the gaming app are licensed they are paid tds gst
04:36uh they are also sponsors for several international and national games like olympic games indian cricket team
04:41women's team kabadi team so these uh you know gaming apps are completely legal and vijay devar konda had
04:47promoted these uh apps or these uh games is what vijay devar konda had said and he has never involved
04:54got involved in any promotion of online betting apps which is illegal is what is uh he said now here
05:00the ed had registered case under the pmla uh the prevention of money laundering act and fema is what
05:06is being said uh but uh vijay devar konda had clarified that his involvement in this online
05:11betting is completely null he has never got involved in it and further in the future he will not do so
05:17but online gaming apps are legal licensed so he had promoted several online gaming apps is what he claimed
05:24now here uh as rana dagubati had to appear on 23rd of last month but due to a shooting he had sought
05:31a different time where the ed had summoned him on given notices to appear today where he has arrived
05:37at the enforcement directorate office and right now his questioning at the ed office will begin at 11 am
05:42is what is being said now uh vijay uh you know arana dagubati will provide all the information that is
05:49pertaining to alleged involvement in online betting apps if if said uh and so so he will provide information
05:55or give a clarity as to his involvement in these online betting apps is what is being
06:00told by his team over to you i'm going to leave it at that for the moment abil bashir getting us up to
06:06speed with those details as far as rana dagupati appearing before the ed today is concerned these are
06:11pictures on your screens of the actor appearing before the enforcement directorate today take a look at
06:17those pictures coming in of rana at the ed office these are allegations that are that all of these
06:26celebrities about 29 of them including social media influencers are dealing with this in connection
06:33with the illegal betting app case the ed had appeared i had rather asked rana dagupati to appear before
06:40its zonal office and these are pictures of the actor appearing before the ed
06:45office in hyderabad the agency had alleged that the four stars had
07:15lost online betting apps allegedly involved in generating illicit funds
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