The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached assets worth ₹11.14 crore linked to former Indian cricketers Suresh Raina and Shikhar Dhawan in a case pertaining to 1xBet.“The attachment includes mutual fund investments worth ₹6.64 crore held in the name of Suresh Raina and an immovable property valued at ₹4.5 crore held in the name of Shikhar Dhawan,” the agency said on Thursday.
The ED investigation under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) is based on multiple cases registered by various State police agencies against the operators of the alleged illegal offshore betting platform, 1xBet.
“Both Suresh Raina and Shikhar Dhawan knowingly entered into endorsement agreements with foreign entities for the promotion of 1xBet through its surrogates,” according to the agency.