Mahadev app case: 'Never delivered cash to politicians,' courier retracts statement against CM Bhupesh Baghel

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Mahadev betting app case: FIR transferred to Mumbai crime branch "Das had written a letter from the jail to the Director of the ED and also sent copies to higher authorities including the Prime Minister's Office on November 17 stating that he was being implicated in the case and the central investigating agency forced him to sign a statement in English, a language he does not understand," lawyer Shoaib Alvi said. Das and constable Bhim Singh Yadav were arrested by the ED on November 3. Mint Explainer: Mahadev app and the alleged money laundering scandal The duo were on Friday produced before Ajay Singh Rajput, a special judge for Prevention of Money Laundering Act cases.

The court extended their judicial custody for seven days. Asim Das in his letter said he had visited Dubai twice in October this year after being called by Shubham Soni, a childhood friend. The trips were arranged by Soni, he said.

Soni is one of the key accused in the case, as per the ED. In the letter, Das said that Soni wanted to start a construction business in Chhattisgarh and asked Das to work for him. On the day he was arrested, Das was asked to pick up a car parked in the parking lot of the Raipur airport (after landing at the airport) and check into a hotel on the VIP road in Raipur.

Later he was asked to park on the road where a person put bags of cash in the car and left, lawyer Alvi said in court on Friday. Mahadev Betting App Scam: Dabur chairman-director duo listed in FIR “I was asked over the phone to go back to my hotel room and after some time ED officials came to my room and took me with them," Das claimed in the letter. "Later, I realized that I was being implicated.