The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached assets worth ₹11.14 crore belonging to former Indian cricketers Suresh Raina and Shikhar Dhawan in connection with its probe into an illegal online betting app.

According to officials, the ED attached ₹4.5 crore of assets belonging to Shikhar Dhawan and a mutual fund of ₹6.64 crore owned by Suresh Raina. These actions were taken under an order issued under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and are part of an ongoing investigation into the operations of the betting platform 1xBet.

The federal agency has accused both cricketers of “knowingly” entering into endorsement agreements with foreign entities to promote 1xBet and related platforms. Both Raina and Dhawan have been questioned by the ED as part of the probe.

The investigation

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