Hyderabad, March 21 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has decided to investigate the role of Tollywood actors and social media influencers in promotion of online betting apps.

The ED is likely to file enforcement case information reports (ECIRs) and issue summons to the actors involved. The agency will initiate proceedings under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) based on the predicate offences recorded by police in Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam.

So far, four cases have been registered in Telangana by the Miyapur, Panjagutta Noothankal, and Cyberabad Cyber Crime police stations. One case has been registered by the sakhapatnam Cyber Crime division in Andhra Pradesh.

Several social media influencers and Tollywood celebrities i...