Shraddha Kapoor summoned by ED in Mahadev betting app case today

Shraddha Kapoor has been summoned for questioning in the Mahadev case (Image credit: @shraddhakapoor/Instagram)

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned actor Shraddha Kapoor in connection with the Mahadev betting app case today. The actor is expected to appear before the ED today (October 6) even as her Tu Jhoothi Main Makkar co-star Ranbir Kapoor sought two weeks’ time to appear before the probe agency.

Ranbir Kapoor, 41, and Shraddha Kapoor, 36, are just two of the many A-listers who will be summoned by the ED for questioning in connection with the Mahadev money laundering case. Huma Qureshi, Kapil Sharma and Hina Khan will be summoned by the ED on different dates, sources say.

These celebrities are not accused in the case but will be questioned to see what they know of the mode and flow of payments made to them by the app’s founders. According to the ED, the Mahadev betting app promoted by Sourabh Chandrakar and Ravi Uppal laundered money through a layered web of benami bank accounts.

According to ED, large-scale hawala operations were carried out to siphon off the proceeds of betting to offshore accounts.

Actor Ranbir Kapoor promoted the app through social media ads and accepted payments in cash, which the ED is treating as proceeds of crime. The ED had summoned him to their Raipur office on October 6. He has asked for two weeks’ time to appear before the central agency. It is not known whether the ED will grant his request.

Several other celebrities are also under the ED’s scanner. They were reportedly hired to perform at app promoter Sourabh Chandrakar’s lavish UAE wedding. Chandrakar has been accused of spending Rs 200 crore on the wedding in February 2023. This included payments to celebrities who performed at the wedding, five-star accommodation for guests and private jets to ferry relatives from India to the UAE. All payments were made in cash.