The Enforcement Directorate has arrested two more persons in connection with an investigation into the Mahadev online betting and gaming app case, according to the officials on Saturday (January 13). The persons were identified as Nitin Tibrewal and Amit Agrawal who were taken into custody under sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

He "tried to conceal this fact despite multiple opportunities granted to him. He also did not reveal his foreign bank accounts and assets before the ED which have been discovered during the course of investigations," the statement said.

Thus, Tibrewal was found to be knowingly assisting in layering the proceeds of crime by investing it in his name and through associated Indian and foreign entities, it said.

Amit Agrawal is the brother of accused Anil Kumar Agrawal, who is also a partner in the Mahadev app.

"Amit Agrawal knowingly utilised the proceeds of crime emanating out of Mahadev Online Book in purchasing assets in his and his wife's name. To fund these purchases, he arranged entries totalling Rs 2.5 crore in his and his wife's bank accounts against cash," the ED said.

The agency said in the statements recorded before it, Amit Agrawal maintained these bank entries are loans, however, the entry operator (hawala operator) involved in the transactions revealed the truth.

Amit Agrawal was found to be "knowingly assisting" in concealing the proceeds of crime emanating out of the betting operations of the Mahadev app, the agency said.

The agency had earlier arrested alleged cash courier Asim Das, police constable Bheem Singh Yadav, ASI Chandrabhushan Verma, alleged hawala operator brothers Anil and Sunil Dammani and a man identified as Satish Chandrakar in this case.

The agency had said that the alleged illegal funds generated by the app were used to pay bribes to politicians and bureaucrats in the state.