 "Mahadev betting app case: Style actor Sahil Khan booked by Mumbai Police")
Popular celebs like Hina Khan, Kapil Sharma, Huma Qureshi and Shraddha Kapoor were summoned by the Enforcement Directorate in the month of October in connection with the Mahadev betting app case. Now, as per latest reports, the Mumbai Police has booked the Style actor Sahil Khan in the same case. He is accused of endorsing and promoting the Mahadev app and running it for profits.
Among those named in the case includes actor Sahil Khan at No. 26, for allegedly promoting and propagating the Mahadev app, besides operating it to earn huge profits from it. The development follows a complaint lodged by a social worker from Mumbai, Prakash Bankar, who has alleged that people have been cheated of over Rs 15,000-crore through the betting app. The Matunga Police have filed the complaint invoking various sections of the Indian Penal Code, the Gambling Act, the IT Act and further probe is underway. Police said that Sahil Khan , a fitness master and YouTuber, who has acted in films like “Style”, “Xcuse Me”, “Alladin” and others had reportedly organised celeb parties purportedly to promote the app and lure more people to use it.
The case, being simultaneously probed by the Enforcement Directorate, has several other Bollywood actors on the radar after various agencies’ recent crackdown on several betting and gaming apps, even as some of the app’s promoters have been arrested in the past few weeks. With inputs from agencies