The Enforcement Directorate has on Friday attached assets belonging to former India cricketers Yuvraj Singh and Robin Uthappa, actor Sonu Sood and former Trinamool Congress MP Mimi Chakraborty in a money laundering case linked to an alleged illegal online betting platform.
The attachments were made through a provisional order issued under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act in connection with a probe into the betting app 1xbet, which is registered in Curacao. The case is estimated to involve proceeds exceeding ₹1,000 crore.
According to the sources, properties worth around ₹2.5 crore belonging to Yuvraj Singh, ₹8.26 lakh linked to Uthappa, ₹1 crore of Sonu Sood and ₹59 lakh of Chakraborty have been attached as part of the investigation.
Assets of several other personalities have also been attached, including ₹1.26 crore belonging to actor Neha Sharma, ₹47 lakh linked to Bengali actor Ankush Hazra, and ₹2.02 crore belonging to the mother of model Urvashi Rautela.
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All those whose assets have been attached were questioned earlier by the Enforcement Directorate, the sources said. The agency has categorised the attached properties as “proceeds of crime” under the PMLA, alleging that the funds were generated through promotional activities connected to the illegal betting platform.
The ED has been probing the alleged role of celebrities and influencers in promoting betting applications prohibited under Indian law.
As part of the same investigation, the agency had earlier attached assets worth ₹11.14 crore belonging to former cricketers Shikhar Dhawan and Suresh Raina.
The probe remains ongoing.
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