MUMBAI: Actor
Sahil Khan
was
arrested
on Sunday in connection with his alleged role in the Rs 15,000 crore
Mahadev betting app
case. Khan (50) was produced in court and was sent to police custody till May 1. An SIT of crime branch nabbed him from a hotel in Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh. He was brought to Mumbai.
Khan, who had been working as a fitness expert until recently, had fled the city on April 24 and had been dodging the police by constantly changing his location.
After his anticipatory bail application was rejected by Bombay HC on April 24, police had been trying to nab him. To track down his whereabouts, police were tracking his location which showed he was constantly on the move at different points of time – Gadchiroli in Maharasthra, Goa, Karnataka, Telangana, and Chhattisgarh.
A senior crime branch officer said Khan was a partner in a betting app firm. “He had been promoting the app through social media and had also forged some documents. He was asked to explain about the money trail. He did not cooperate in the probe,” said the officer.
Khan, who was on the top list of suspects involving the betting app and its promoters Saurabh Chandrakar and Ravi Uppal, had two weeks ago appeared before the city crime branch office to record his statement. Police are probing the alleged financial transactions between some real estate companies and promoters of the betting app. Probe found several betting apps were created under Mahadev betting app.
An FIR was registered at Matunga police station in Nov and accused were booked for cheating, forgery and criminal conspiracy under IPC and IT Act.
