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Actor Vijay Deverakonda appears before ED in betting apps case

IANS | August 06, 2025 11:43 AM

HYDERABAD: Tollywood actor Vijay Deverakonda on Wednesday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate in the case relating to alleged promotion of illegal betting apps.

The actor arrived at the central agency's regional office at Basheerbagh here around 11 a.m.

He is likely to be questioned about his contracts with betting apps for their promotion and the payments received from them.

Vijay Deverakonda is the second actor to appear before the ED in the case.

The central agency questioned Prakash Raj on July 30 for five hours. Prakash Raj had told the officials that he did not taken any payment for an endorsement he had done for an advertisement in the past.

The officials took details about the advertisement he had done for a betting app in 2016. Prakash Raj said he told the ED officials that he did not take any payment, as his conscience did not allow him to take it

Prakash Raj reiterated that he did only one advertisement for a gaming app, but later realised that he should not have done it.

The ED recently summoned actors Rana Daggubati, Prakash Raj, Vijay Deverakonda, and Manchu Lakshmi in the case.

Rana Daggubati was directed to appear on July 23, but he sought an alternate date. The agency has issued him a fresh notice, directing him to appear on August 11.

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