Eight-hour grilling: Shikhar Dhawan questioned by ED in illegal betting app scandal | Cricket News – The Times of India

Shikhar Dhawan (AFP Photo)

NEW DELHI: Former Indian cricketer Shikhar Dhawan was on Thursday questioned for round eight hours by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in an alleged illegal betting app-linked cash laundering case, official sources mentioned. He entered the workplace of the federal probe company in central Delhi round 11 am and left after 7 PM.The company recorded his assertion underneath the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) as half of this investigation linked to an “illegal” betting app named 1xBet, the sources mentioned.The 39-12 months-previous former India opener is known to have been linked to the app by sure endorsements. The ED desires to grasp his hyperlinks with this app in the course of the questioning.The company is probing a number of such instances involving illegal betting apps which might be alleged to have duped quite a few folks and buyers price crores of rupees or have evaded an enormous quantity of taxes.Last month, former cricketer Suresh Raina was questioned in this case by the federal probe company.More such sportspersons and celebrities are anticipated to be questioned by the company in the approaching days.The Union authorities has banned actual-cash on-line gaming by bringing a laws not too long ago.According to estimates by market evaluation companies and probe companies, there are about 22 crore Indian customers in numerous such on-line betting apps out of which half (about 11 crore) are common customers.The on-line betting app market in India is price over USD 100 billion which is rising on the price of 30 per cent, in accordance with specialists.The authorities not too long ago advised Parliament that it has issued 1,524 orders from 2022 until June 2025 to dam on-line betting and playing platforms.