Durg, Chhattisgarh:

The daddy of a person named as an accused within the Mahadev betting app rip-off was on Tuesday discovered useless underneath suspicious circumstances at a village in Chhattisgarh’s Durg district, a senior police official mentioned.

The physique of Sushil Das (62), who was lacking for the reason that final two days, was present in a effectively at Achhoti village underneath Anda police station limits within the afternoon and prima facie it seems to be like a case of suicide, Durg Senior Superintendent of Police Ram Gopal Garg mentioned.

The deceased was the daddy of Asim Das, an alleged money courier within the case arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

The senior Das, who was working as a safety guard in a personal firm, was lacking since Sunday night, Mr Garg added.

Prima facie, it appears to be a case of suicide, however actual motive behind the loss of life was but to be ascertained, the official mentioned.

The physique was despatched for autopsy examination and additional investigation was underway, he added.

Asim Das and one other accused, constable Bhim Singh Yadav, have been arrested by the ED on November 3.

The ED claimed {that a} forensic evaluation and an announcement made by ‘money courier’ Das had led to “startling allegations” that Mahadev betting app promoters have paid about Rs 508 crore to outgoing Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel to this point, and that “these are material of investigation”.

Mr Baghel had stoutly denied the allegations and accused the BJP of misusing the ED.

Asim Das was arrested by the central company in Raipur after it claimed to have recovered Rs 5.39 crore in money from him.

He was allegedly despatched by the app promoters from the UAE “particularly, to ship a considerable amount of money for electioneering bills of the ruling Congress Get together”, in accordance with the ED.

“Asim Das has admitted that the seized funds have been organized by the Mahadev app promoters to be delivered to at least one politician ‘Baghel’ for upcoming election bills within the state of Chhattisgarh,” the company had mentioned in an announcement issued earlier than the two-phase polling on November 7 and 17.

On November 25, Das had submitted earlier than a particular PMLA court docket that he had been framed up as a part of a conspiracy and he had by no means delivered money to politicians.

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