Rana Daggubati appears before ED in illegal betting apps case

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Actor Rana Daggubati appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Hyderabad as part of its probe into the alleged illegal promotion of online betting platforms. The actor, earlier summoned on July 23, had sought a deferment citing film commitments and was rescheduled for August 11. His questioning follows a series of ED interrogations of celebrities linked to the case.

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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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