Accused in Mahadev app case retracts statement against Baghel

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Das was arrested by the ED earlier this month for allegedly delivering money to politicians for election funding..

Raipur : Asim Das, a driver who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) earlier this month in connection with the 508 crore Mahadev gambling app case, has retracted his statement that earlier allegedly implicated Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel, and said that he is being made a scapegoat.I)..

ED started investigating the Mahadev Book Online Betting App syndicate in July 2022 under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), alleging that the promoters of the app identified as Saurabh Chandrakar and Ravi Uppal are based overseas and remotely ran illegal betting operations with proceeds of crimes running into several thousand crores..

I am now realising that I am being made a scapegoat I want to make it clear that I have never given any money or any kind of support to Baghel, any Verma or any other Congress party leader or worker, he wrote in a written statement submitted to the special PMLA court..

When I asked Shubham Soni about the ongoing investigations into the Mahadev app, he assured me that Saurabh Chandrakar and Ravi Uppal have already sorted things out with some ED officer named Mishra Dass letter added..

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