In connection with a case involving a betting app, the ED summons actor Ranbir Kapoor to its office in Raipur.

On Friday, the Enforcement Department (ED) summoned actor Ranbir Kapoor to give a statement in a case involving money laundering and the Mahadev Book Online gaming and betting app, Vijay V Singh.

According to sources, Kapoor marketed one of the Mahadev apps, and the ED is looking into the specifics of his remuneration. Several athletes, including foreign cricket players, are reportedly being investigated by the ED in this issue.

Of the more than a dozen Bollywood stars who had supported or promoted the apps, Kapoor is the first to be questioned in the matter. Involved were more than 100 social media influencers, some of whom may also be called in for questioning.

One of the Kapoor family's public relations representatives claimed to be ignorant of the situation and unable to comment. The defendants in the ED money laundering case include Mahadev Book Online, its promoter Saurabh Chandrakar, and his business associate Ravi Uppal. From the Chhattisgarh city of Bhilai, Chandrakar and Uppal now reside in Dubai.

The two operated the illegal gaming and betting apps with the assistance of local partners, according to the ED probe, and made several thousand crores over the course of a few years. All of the key members of the Mahadev group have relocated to Dubai as a result of recent ED action.

According to sources, Mahadev Book Online Book ran a number of gaming and betting apps through panel operators based in Mumbai and Chhattisgarh. "The group was generating Rs 200 crore profit daily," a source claimed.