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As per 2023 News18 report, Viacom18 had the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) to stream the IPL 2023 matches. But FairPlay was parallelly screening the cricket tournament from March 2023 to May 2023. Viacom18 filed a complaint with the Maharashtra cyber cell over digital copyright.
Celebrities under the ED’s scanner
The Mahadev app is under the scanner of various investigation agencies over alleged illegal transactions and betting. In 2023, Kapil Sharma, Sonakshi Sinha, Huma Qureshi and Hina Khan were under the scanner of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the Mahadev money-laundering case. ED had also asked actor Ranbir Kapoor to appear at the agency’s office in Raipur in connection with the Mahadev online betting app case.
ED also suspected several other A-lister celebrities and certain sports personalities, who promoted the app or mingled with its promoters, while attending or performing at the company’s head Sourabh Chandrakar’s wedding in 2023 and the company’s success party in September 2022.
What is Mahadev betting app case?
The Mahadev app enabled illegal betting on various online games like poker, card games, chance games, badminton, tennis, football and cricket. The app is allegedly run by Dubai-based Sourabh and Ravi Uppal. The company operates from Dubai where betting is legal, however, it’s illegal in India.
As per 2023 News18 report, Viacom18 had the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) to stream the IPL 2023 matches. But FairPlay was parallelly screening the cricket tournament from March 2023 to May 2023. Viacom18 filed a complaint with the Maharashtra cyber cell over digital copyright.
Celebrities under the ED’s scanner
The Mahadev app is under the scanner of various investigation agencies over alleged illegal transactions and betting. In 2023, Kapil Sharma, Sonakshi Sinha, Huma Qureshi and Hina Khan were under the scanner of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the Mahadev money-laundering case. ED had also asked actor Ranbir Kapoor to appear at the agency’s office in Raipur in connection with the Mahadev online betting app case.
ED also suspected several other A-lister celebrities and certain sports personalities, who promoted the app or mingled with its promoters, while attending or performing at the company’s head Sourabh Chandrakar’s wedding in 2023 and the company’s success party in September 2022.
What is Mahadev betting app case?
The Mahadev app enabled illegal betting on various online games like poker, card games, chance games, badminton, tennis, football and cricket. The app is allegedly run by Dubai-based Sourabh and Ravi Uppal. The company operates from Dubai where betting is legal, however, it’s illegal in India.
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