The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached assets worth ₹11.14 crore belonging to former cricketers Suresh Raina and Shikhar Dhawan in connection with a money-laundering investigation linked to the alleged illegal betting platform 1xBet, officials said on Thursday.

According to sources, the agency issued a provisional order under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), seizing an immovable property worth ₹4.5 crore owned by Dhawan and mutual funds valued at ₹6.64 crore held by Raina.

The federal agency's probe has found that both the former cricketers "knowingly" entered into endorsement agreements with foreign entities for the promotion of 1xBet and its surrogates.

The ED has questioned the two, apart from other former cricketers such as Yuvraj Singh and Robin Uthappa, actors

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