ED quizzes actor Nidhhi Agerwal

HYDERABAD: Actor Nidhi Agarwal appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday in connection with a case relating to the promotion of online betting applications.

Key points

• The ED has registered an ECIR against a number of actors, including Prakash Raj, Rana Daggubati and Vijay Deverakonda, over their alleged involvement in promoting betting applications.
• The agency had issued a notice to Nidhi after allegations that she received payments through the hawala route for promoting betting apps.
• ED authorities questioned her for almost four hours regarding her financial transactions with betting firms and recorded her statement.

What happened

In practice, the agency had issued a notice to Nidhi after allegations that she received payments through the hawala route for promoting betting apps.

Notably, the ED has registered an ECIR against a number of actors, including Prakash Raj, Rana Daggubati and Vijay Deverakonda, over their alleged involvement in promoting betting applications. The agency has already questioned some of them and recorded their statements.

The bottom line

Taken together, the developments around ED quizzes actor Nidhhi Agerwal point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.