ED attaches assets of Yuvraj Singh, Sonu Sood, others in illegal betting app case

The assets of former Indian cricketers Yuvraj Singh and Robin Uthappa, former TMC MP Mimi Chakraborty and actor Sonu Sood have been attached by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case linked to an “illegal” betting app estimated to be worth more than Rs 1,000 crore, official sources said on Friday, December 19, 2025.

According to sources, the properties of actor Neha Sharma, model Urvashi Rautela’s mother and Bengali actor Ankush Hazra were also added after the federal investigation agency issued an interim order on the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

These include Mr Sood’s assets worth around ₹ 1 million, Ms Chakraborty’s ₹ 59 million, Yuvraj Singh’s ₹ 2.5 billion, Ms Sharma’s ₹ 1.26 billion, Robin Uthappa’s ₹ 8.26 lakh, Mr Hazra’s ₹ 47 lakh and Ms Rautela’s ₹ 2.02 crore. Sources said mother.

All these celebrities have been questioned by the ED in the past and these assets were classified as “proceeds of crime” (illegal money under PMLA) of an illegal betting app called 1xbet registered in Curacao.

The agency had some time ago seized assets of former cricketers Shikhar Dhawan and Suresh Raina worth ₹ 11.14 crore as a part of this investigation.