Tamannaah Bhatia visits Kamakhya temple amid ED probe

Actress Tamannaah Bhatia who is under Enforcement Directorate ED scanner in connection with the probe into a money laundering case linked to the lsquoHPZ Tokenrsquo mobile app visited Kamakhya Temple here on Friday and took blessingsCladded in a white Kurta Salwar the actress was seen visiting the temple atop Nilachal Hills in the city with her mother and fatherShe was questioned by the Enforcement Directorate ED officials in Guwahati on Thursday for long hours Bhatia stayed in a luxurious hotel in the city with her family and according to sources she might be called for another round of questioning by the central agencySeveral investors were allegedly duped on the pretext of mining Bitcoins and some other cryptocurrencies in the lsquoHPZ Tokenrsquo mobile appThe statement of the 34yearold actress was recorded at its zonal office here in accordance with the Prevention of Money Laundering Act PMLAAccording to sources there were no incriminating accusations against Bhatia who allegedly took money for making a celebrity appearance at an app company eventShe was also called earlier but she chose to show up on Thursday instead of responding to the summons because of job obligationsTamannaah Bhatia arrived at the ED office in Guwahati at around 130 pm on Thursday accompanied by her mother and fatherThe charge sheet submitted by the ED in connection with the matter in March named 299 entities as accused including 76 Chinesecontrolled firms with 10 Chineseorigin directors and two entities controlled by other foreign personsThe money laundering case is the result of a formal complaint filed by Kohima Polices cybercrime unit which charged several individuals with defrauding gullible investors by promising them enormous profits from mining Bitcoin and other cryptocurrenciesAccording to the police the accused cheated the investors using the lsquoHPZ Tokenrsquo mobile applicationReportedly different shell entities with dummy directors created bank accounts and merchant IDs in order to layer the proceeds of criminal activityIt has been alleged that funds were fraudulently obtained for investment in Bitcoin mining as well as unlawful online gambling and bettingThe ED conducted a nationwide search operation in this case leading to the seizure of immovable assets and deposits worth Rs 455 croreBorn in December 1989 Tamannaah Bhatia is mainly known for her work in Telugu Tamil and Hindi cinemasThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever