Actress Tamannaah Bhatia's troubles have increased. The name of the actress has come up in the case of Mahadev betting app. He was questioned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday. In this case, Tamannaah Bhatia was questioned not as an accused but in the context of promoting this app.
ED questioned Tamannaah ED summons Tamannaah Bhatia for questioning in HPZ app scam. When Tamanna reached the ED office in Guwahati, her mother was also with her. The app allegedly duped people of crores of rupees by promising them Rs 4,000 per day for an investment of Rs 57,000.
To commit the fraud, fake accounts were opened in the name of shell companies in various banks, into which money was transferred from investors. Some stars of Mahadev App are also associated with HPZ. The actress reportedly promoted during an IPL match on the Fairplay betting app.
Know the whole matter The case for investigating illegal streaming dates back to September 2023, when Viacom filed a complaint against the 'Fairplay' app alleging infringement of its Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). Viacom Network bought the broadcasting rights of IPL by bidding high, but it was being streamed illegally on the 'Fairplay' app, which allegedly caused a loss of over Rs 100 crore to Viacom Network. After the FIR, many big personalities from the entertainment industry including Tamannaah Bhatia, Badshah and Jacqueline Fernandez were questioned.
What is Tamannaah's connection with Mahadev Betting App? The parent company of the 'Fairplay' app is Mahadev Betting App, which is operated by several websites. This is a betting app where people invest money to earn money. Through this website money is invested in sports like poker, cricket, badminton, football in India. This can be called online gambling. This betting app is headquartered in UAE.
Mahadev Betting App and Bollywood This app was started by Saurabh Chandrakar in the year 2019. It will be surprising to know that Saurabh Chandrakar, who built an illegal betting empire worth thousands of crores of rupees, used to run a small juice shop in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh. In the year 2017, Saurabh created the Website along with a person named Ravi Uppal. Gradually people started liking this online gambling.
In the year 2019, Saurabh moved to Dubai and started running the network from there. Last year, he got married in Dubai with much fanfare and invited around 17 Bollywood celebrities on a chartered plane, where he also had a stage performance. It is alleged that he was not only paid crores of rupees in the form of fees in return for these performances but also requested many Bollywood actors to support his Mahadev betting app.
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