Accused Shubham
Soni, making a big revelation in the Mahadev betting app case, said he paid
₹508 crore to Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Bhagel to set up his gambling
business in Dubai.
The Bharatiya
Janata Party released the video of Soni ahead of the Chhattisgarh Assembly
election.
“Accused Shubham
Soni sitting in Dubai has narrated the entire story of the Mahadev app in this
video about who is connected to this betting app. He has clearly said that CM
Baghel, his son Bittu, his political advisor Vinod Verma, and an IPS officer
were involved in this syndicate. Baghel has no moral right to remain on the
post even for a minute,” wrote BJP’s central media convener Siddharth Nath
Singh on the platform X.
In the clip, a man
identifies himself as Shubham Soni and claims he is the owner of the Mahadev
Book betting app and he has given ₹508 crore to “Baghel saheb” and others so
far.
“Despite giving
money, my work is not getting done. I don’t understand what to do with this
system. The ED has started action against me. My last request to our Indian Government
is to help me. I am trapped in this political system. I want to get out of it.
I have evidence regarding the money I have given. Please help me. I want to go
back to India. I am scared,” he says.
The ruling
Congress in Chhattisgarh, which is locked in an electoral battle with the BJP,
said the video is a conspiracy by the BJP.
The Enforcement
Directorate (ED) is probing the illegal betting app syndicate and raided
Mahadev Book in Chhattisgarh.
Notably, the
Centre has issued blocking orders against 22 illegal betting platforms,
including the Mahadev app, at the request of the ED.
Agencies
