Centre’s major crackdown on illegal betting apps
In a major crackdown on illegal betting apps, the Centre has banned Mahadev Online Book, along with 21 other software and websites on Sunday.
In a statement, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) said it had issued blocking orders against 22 illegal betting apps and websites, including Mahadev Book and Reddyannaprestopro.
It said that the action was followed by the investigations conducted by the ED against illegal betting app syndicate and subsequent raids on Mahadev Book in Chhattisgarh, revealing the app’s unlawful operations.
Accused Bhim Singh Yadav, working as a constable in the Chhattisgarh Police, and Asim Das are currently in custody, having been arrested under the sections of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, Rajeev Chandrasekhar said: “Chhattisgarh government had all the power to recommend shutting down of the website or app under Sec 69A IT Act. However, they did not do so and no such request was made by the state government while they have been investigating it for the last 1.5 years. In fact, the first and only request has been received from ED and it has been acted upon. Nothing prevented the Chhattisgarh government from making similar requests.”
The government action comes on a day when an accused in the Mahadev app case, in a video statement, claimed that Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel had asked him to go to the UAE.
[With Inputs from IANS]
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Too late too little…… why we cannot have any gaming app to be registered & tested by an independent agency something like Film Censor board prior to its release ? & make it mandatory to get the certificate first ? Is this not included in IT Policy of Govt of India ? or does it take constitutional amendment by going through United Nations & USA ?