NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday searched the premises of EaseMyTrip founder Nishant Pitti and offices of the travel portal and others in Delhi, Mumbai, Chandigarh, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Chennai, and Sambalpur in the Mahadev betting app money laundering case.
The main accused in the case, Sourabh Chandrakar and Ravi Uppal, are currently in UAE detained by local police while ED has filed for their extradition. The links of EaseMyTrip to the accused in the case have not been disclosed by ED. However, in its chargesheet filed earlier, ED had said that cash payments were utilised to pay travel portals and some part was being transferred through hawala.
Pitti or his portal’s connection is not yet known in the money laundering case. But many politicians, including former CM Bhupesh Baghel, and police officials of Chhattisgarh are already under investigation in the case.
