The troubles of Tamannaah Bhatia, one of the top actresses of Bollywood, seem to be increasing. ED (Enforcement Directorate) interrogated Tamanna in Guwahati on October 17 in a case related to IPL 2023. In his appearance before the ED, he was asked questions regarding Mahadev Batting App and online gaming. A few months ago also, he was summoned by Maharashtra Cyber Cell in the same case. Tamanna is not the only celebrity to get trapped in this case. In this, till now many singers, actors and comedians have come on the radar of ED.
What is the whole matter in which Tamanna is entangled?
This case of investigation of illegal streaming dates back to September 2023, when Viacom had filed a complaint against the ‘FairPlay’ app accusing them of violating their Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). Viacom Network has bought the broadcasting rights of IPL by making a high bid, but it was being telecasted illegally on the ‘FairPlay’ app, due to which Viacom Network allegedly suffered a loss of more than Rs 100 crore. After the FIR, many prominent personalities from the entertainment world including Tamannaah Bhatia, Badshah and Jacqueline Fernandez were interrogated.
What is Tamanna’s connection with Mahadev betting app?
Actually, the parent company of ‘FairPlay’ app is Mahadev Betting App, which is operated through many websites. This is a betting app, in which people invest money to earn money. Through this website, money is invested in games like poker, cricket, badminton, football in India. This can be called online gambling. The head quarter of this betting app is in UAE.
How Mahadev Betting App got connected to Bollywood? Relationship?
This app was started by Saurabh Chandrakar in the year 2019. You will be surprised to know that Saurabh Chandrakar, who built an illegal betting empire worth thousands of crores, used to run a small juice shop in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh. In the year 2017, Saurabh along with a person named Ravi Uppal prepared the website. Gradually people started liking this online gambling. In the year 2019, Saurabh went to Dubai and started running the network from there. Last year, she got married with great pomp in Dubai and invited about 17 Bollywood celebrities in a chartered plane, where her stage performance also took place. It is alleged that in return for this performance, he was not only given crores of rupees as fees but also requested many Bollywood artists to support his Mahadev betting app.