Raj was questioned by the officers, a senior police official informed PTI.
The Telangana authorities had constituted the SIT beneath the general supervision of the Further Director Normal of Police, CID, to curb unlawful betting actions and for thorough investigation of on-line betting app circumstances.
Chatting with reporters after being questioned by the officers, Raj mentioned he did an commercial for an app in 2016 earlier than betting had begun. He withdrew from it when betting began and didn't take fee, he mentioned.
Observing that he had earlier appeared earlier than the Enforcement Directorate in reference to the betting app challenge, the actor mentioned a member of the general public had complained to the CID.
“In reference to that (case), they known as me. I spoke to them. It was banned in 2017. (I informed them) that betting didn't begin in 2016 and we did it (commercial) pondering that it was a sport. We realised later. I didn't proceed as a result of betting app is incorrect. I gave the main points (to the officers),” he mentioned.Raj mentioned the officers requested him if he labored for every other firm concerned in betting, to which he replied in destructive.Asserting that the lives of many younger individuals have been getting ruined due to betting, he urged youth to work exhausting with out getting concerned in betting apps.
Beneath the Telangana Gaming Act of 2017, all types of on-line betting are prohibited.
Circumstances have been registered in opposition to unlawful betting apps and promoters in March this yr following complaints that the functions lured youth and basic public to make straightforward cash and ultimately main them into full monetary and psychological misery, and even suicides.
Managements of the unlawful betting apps, few movie actors and a number of other social media influencers have been booked for allegedly selling on-line betting apps via social media platforms beneath varied provisions of the Telangana State Gaming Act, 2017, BNS and IT Act.
Raj earlier appeared earlier than the ED right here in July as a part of an investigation right into a cash laundering case linked to unlawful on-line betting and playing by sure platforms.
