The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is currently investigating the Mahadev online betting scandal, and many celebrities are being looked into for promoting the betting platform or performing at events organised by the app's promoters and others involved.
Now, Kangana Ranaut has opened up about being approached by Mahadev app's promoters for endorsement worth crores. She also warned celebs and revealed why she said no to associating with Mahadev app again and again.
In a post on Instagram Stories, Ranaut shared a screenshot of a news article about the celebs under ED's scanner due to the Mahadev app scam and wrote, "This endorsement came to me almost six times over a span of one year, every time they added several crores to the offer to buy me, but I said no each time. Look, integrity is not just for your conscience anymore. Yeh naya Bharat hai, sudhar jao nahi toh sudhar diye jaoge (This is the new Bharat, improve or you will be forced to improve)."
Ranaut's post comes after Ranbir Kapoor and Sonakshi Sinha, among other celebrities, were summoned by the ED in connection with the Mahadev app scam.
The Mahadev app enabled illegal betting on various online games like poker, card games, chance games, badminton, tennis, football, and cricket. The app is allegedly run by Dubai-based Saurabh and Ravi Uppal. The company operates from Dubai where betting is legal, however, it's illegal in India.