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'No connection…': EaseMyTrip denies link to Mahadev app after ED searches
The statement came a day after the Enforcement Directorate searched the premises of EaseMyTrip co-founder, Nishant Pitti.
Travel booking platform EaseMyTrip has denied any direct or indirect association with the Mahadev betting app or any other betting platform, a day after the Enforcement Directorate searched the premises of its co-founder, Nishant Pitti.
In a regulatory filing, the company on Thursday informed that a search was done under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002. It stated that no seizure was made from the search at one of its “office premises”, news agency PTI reported.
A day prior to that, the Enforcement Directorate searched the premises of EaseMyTrip's co-founder Nishant Pitti as part of fresh multi-state raids in the Mahadev online betting app-linked money laundering case, officials said.
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Raids at 55 locations
The raids covered 55 locations, including in Delhi, Mumbai, Chandigarh, Ahmedabad, Indore, Jaipur, Chennai and Sambalpur in Odisha, the sources said.
The latest searches are a result of some fresh evidence gathered in the case, they said.
The premises and office of 39-year-old Pitti, also chairman of EaseMyTrip, in Delhi are also being covered, they said.
An EaseMyTrip spokesperson, according to PTI, said, "As per information available in the public domain, the ED conducted searches at over 50 locations of various persons/ corporates. Amongst them one was the EaseMyTrip premises.
"While EaseMyTrip has no direct or indirect association with the Mahadev betting app or any other betting platform, we remain fully committed to cooperating with the authorities throughout the course of the investigation".
In a regulatory filing, the company reportedly informed that the search operation was conducted by the Directorate of Enforcement at one of its office premises.
"The premises were searched and no incriminating documents and digital records were found in the premises. No seizure was made from the premises," EaseMyTrip said, PTI reported.
