The Enforcement Directorate has arrested two residents of Kolkata on the charge of operating multiple groups on an online gaming app, which comprised several clubs that facilitated placing of illegal bets.
The accused have been identified as Hardeep Singh and Ankur aka Rahul Khanna. They allegedly operated groups on “PP Poker Online Gaming App”. The agency has got their custody for questioning for eight days.
The arrests have been made in a money laundering probe initiated on the basis of a case registered by the Goa police under various provisions of the Indian Penal Code, the Goa, Daman and Diu Public Gambling Act and the Information Technology Act. It alleged illegal gaming activities and siphoning of huge sums of money via clandestine networks, causing loss to the government exchequer.
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