Betting App Promotion: Stars Under ED Lens

South actors Prakash Raj, Vijay Deverakonda, and Rana Daggubati, are among 29 celebrities facing an Enforcement Directorate (ED) case for endorsing betting apps. The 29 celebrities include film actors, influencers, and YouTubers, who have been accused of violating the Public Gambling Act, 1867, by promoting such gambling apps. The action was based on five FIRs filed in the Telugu states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. The federal agency's case is based on the violations of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Besides Mr Deverakonda, Mr Daggubati, and Mr Raj, the accused list features several other prominent names from Tollywood, the Telugu film industry, including Manchu Lakshmi, Nidhi Agarwal, Pranitha Subhash, and Ananya Nagella. The list also features influencers like Sreemukhi, Shyamala, Varshini Sounderajan, Harsha Sai, Vasanthi Krishnan, Amrutha Chowdary, Nayani Pavani, Shoba Shetty, Neha Pathan, Pandu, Padhmavathi, and Bayya Sunny Yadav.