Mahadev betting app case: Actor Sahil Khan arrested by SIT of Mumbai Police, remanded to custody till May 1

Sahil Khan in police custody on Sunday. Pic/Ashish Raje

Mumbai Police's Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Sunday arrested Bollywood actor Sahil Khan in connection with the Mahadev betting app case, the police said.

Sahil Khan was later produced before a court that has remanded him to police custody till May 1, an official said.

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The police said said that Sahil Khan was nabbed on Saturday from Chhattisgarh after he was located at a hotel in the state.

"Sahil Khan was apprehended from Jagdalpur in Chhattisgarh on Saturday after the Bombay High Court rejected his pre-arrest bail plea," said an official.

He added that the actor was subsequently brought to Mumbai and placed under arrest.

Earlier, Sahil Khan was questioned by the SIT that was formed in connection with the Mahadev betting app case.

Meanwhile, Mumbai Police had earlier arrested one person in connection with the case and Sahil Khan is the second person to be arrested by the city police in the case, the official said.

The SIT has been conducting a probe into the alleged illegal transactions between certain financial and real estate firms in the state and the promoters of the controversial Mahadev betting app.

The scam is suspected to be of about Rs 15,000 crore, as per the first information report (FIR) registered by the Matunga Police in Mumbai.

An investigation is underway against Sahil Khan and 31 other individuals. The probe involves examining their bank accounts, mobile phones, laptops, and all technical equipment, according to the police.

While the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is investigating money laundering angle in the Mahadev betting app case, Mumbai Police have registered a separate case against 32 persons and formed an SIT to investigate the entire matter. A Mumbai Crime Branch officials have been investigating the case.

Notably, on April 24, the Economic Offence Wing (EOW) and Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Chhattisgarh announced that it had detained two people, one from Goa and the other from New Delhi, in relation to the alleged illicit activities of the Mahadev online gaming and betting app, which allegedly involved high-ranking officials and politicians from that state.

As part of its investigation into the case related to money laundering, the ED has so far made nine distinct arrests.