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ED alleges Mahadev app Promoters gave Rs 508 crore to Chhattisgarh CM

The Enforcement Directorate said on Friday that it has recorded a statement from a “cash courier” who said that the promoters of the Mahadev betting app had paid Rs 508 crore to Chhattisgarh

Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel up to this point and that it is now a “subject matter of investigation.”

The agency apprehended the courier, Asim Das, after recovering Rs 5.39 crore from him in the election-year state.

The ED is investigating the Mahadev online betting app and its sponsors under anti-money laundering legislation.

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“From the questioning of Asim Das, the forensic examination of the phone recovered from him, and the examination of an email sent by Shubam Soni (one of the high-ranking accused of the Mahadev network), many startling allegations have come forth, namely, that regular payments have been made in the past and so far around Rs 508 crore have been paid by Mahadev APP promoters to Bhupesh Baghel, Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh,” the Enforcement Directorate (ED) said in a press release.

Kavya Bhatt

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