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According to sources, assets worth around ₹2.5 crore belonging to Yuvraj Singh, ₹8.26 lakh to Robin Uthappa, ₹1 crore to Sonu Sood, and ₹59 lakh to Mimi Chakraborty have been attached. Properties of actor Neha Sharma (₹1.26 crore), Bengali actor Ankush Hazra (₹47 lakh), and the mother of model Urvashi Rautela (₹2.02 crore) have also been provisionally attached.
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached assets belonging to former Indian cricketers Yuvraj Singh and Robin Uthappa, actor Sonu Sood, former Trinamool Congress MP Mimi Chakraborty and several other celebrities in connection with an alleged illegal betting app-linked money laundering case estimated to be worth over ₹1,000 crore, official sources said on Friday.
The attachment has been made under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in a case linked to the illegal betting platform 1xBet, registered in Curacao. The agency has categorised the attached properties as “proceeds of crime”.
According to sources, assets worth around ₹2.5 crore belonging to Yuvraj Singh, ₹8.26 lakh to Robin Uthappa, ₹1 crore to Sonu Sood, and ₹59 lakh to Mimi Chakraborty have been attached. Properties of actor Neha Sharma (₹1.26 crore), Bengali actor Ankush Hazra (₹47 lakh), and the mother of model Urvashi Rautela (₹2.02 crore) have also been provisionally attached.
The ED had earlier questioned all these personalities during its investigation. Officials said the probe focuses on alleged promotional and endorsement-linked payments received from the betting platform, which is accused of operating illegally in India through surrogate apps and websites.
Earlier, the ED had attached assets worth ₹11.14 crore belonging to former cricketers Shikhar Dhawan and Suresh Raina in the same case.
The agency is investigating the alleged use of hawala channels, shell entities and digital payment routes to generate and launder illicit proceeds through the online betting ecosystem. Further action will depend on adjudication proceedings under the PMLA, sources added.
