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ED Arrests Three Gameskraft Founders in Money-Laundering Case

The move signals a tougher push to police real‑money gaming under India’s anti‑money laundering law.

Overview

  • ED, which raided 17 sites on Thursday in DelhiNCR and Karnataka, took Deepak Singh, Prithvi Raj Singh and Vikas Taneja into custody on Friday under the PMLA, India’s anti‑money laundering law.
  • Search teams seized phones, laptops, documents and large volumes of digital backup data from offices and homes linked to the company and its founders.
  • The money‑laundering case stems from multiple police FIRs alleging rigged play, player collusion and blocked withdrawals on real‑money games, with some complaints tied to suicides.
  • Officials said the two founders held in DelhiNCR are on transit remand for production before a Bengaluru court, while Taneja was produced in a Bengaluru court after his arrest there.
  • ED had earlier frozen eight payout escrow accounts in November 2025 holding about ₹18.57 crore as investigators now trace suspected proceeds from games such as RummyCulture and the rummytime app under stricter gaming rules.