Hyderabad: Vijay Deverakonda appears before ED in betting app case

Telugu actor Vijay Deverakonda appeared before the Enforcement Directorate in Hyderabad over his role in promoting a betting app. The ED is probing the financial links of several celebrities after users suffered losses and suicides linked to app promotions.

Hyderabad: Telugu actor Vijay Deverakonda appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to record his statement in connection with the betting app case on Wednesday.

The ED, which had recently issued notices to film personalities who promoted betting apps, has also sent notices to Vijay asking him to appear before the investigation team at the ED zonal office in Basheerbagh.

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The ED officials are expected to grill the film actor about his financial transactions and bank details during questioning.

It may be noted that the actor who had earlier acted in an advertisement related to a betting app, was booked by the Cyberabad police along other popular actors for promoting betting. The ED had started a parallel investigation into the matter based on the FIR.

There are allegations that many people were attracted by the promotion of betting apps by film personalities and incurred huge financial losses, and some even ended their lives.

The ED has sent notices to 36 film personalities so far. Rana Daggubati was summoned to appear on July 23. However, he sought permission to reappear on August 11. The ED has also sent notices to Manchu Lakshmi to appear for the investigation on August 13.

Senior actor Prakash Raj had already appeared before the ED officials and recorded his statement in connection with the case on July 30.