Already underneath the cosh from the ED, the unlawful on-line betting app Mahadev On-line Ebook, together with 21 different software program and web sites, was banned by the federal government on Sunday. In an announcement, the Ministry of Electronics and Data Know-how (MeitY) mentioned it had issued blocking orders towards 22 unlawful on-line betting apps and web sites, together with the favored Mahadev Ebook app and Reddyannaprestopro.
It mentioned that the motion was adopted by the investigations performed by the ED towards unlawful betting app syndicate and subsequent raids on Mahadev Ebook in Chhattisgarh, revealing the app’s illegal operations. Accused Bhim Singh Yadav, working as a constable within the Chhattisgarh Police, and Asim Das are at present in custody, having been arrested underneath the sections of Prevention of Cash Laundering Act (PMLA).
Union Minister of State for Electronics and Data Know-how, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, mentioned, “Chhattisgarh authorities had all the facility to advocate shutting down the web site or app underneath Sec 69A IT Act. Nonetheless, they didn’t accomplish that and the state authorities made no such request whereas investigating it for the final 1.5 years. In reality, the primary and solely request has been obtained from ED and it has been acted upon. Nothing prevented the Chhattisgarh Authorities from making related requests.”
The federal government motion comes on a day when an accused within the Mahadev app case, in a video assertion, claimed that Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel had requested him to go to the UAE.
— Written with inputs from IANS
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