Rana Daggubati, Vijay Deverakonda, Prakash Raj among 25 celebs booked for promoting illegal betting apps

The list of celebrities also includes Praneetha, Nidhi Agarwal, Ananya Nagalla, Siri Hanumanthu, Sreemukhi, Varshini Sounderajan, Vasanthi Krishnan, Shoba Shetty, Amrutha Chowdary, Nayani Pavani, Neha Pathan, Pandu, Padhmavathi, Imran Khan, Vishnu Priya, Harsha Sai, Sunny Yadav, Shyamala, Tasty Teja, Bandaru Sheshayani Supritha.

The First Information Report (FIR) said as quoted by NDTV, "Thousands of lakhs of rupees are involved in these illegal platforms and it is also leading many families into distress, especially that of middle-class and lower middle-class."

"These platforms are encouraging public, especially people that are in dire need of money, to invest their hard-earned and family money into those apps/websites and slowly get addicted to them, leading to total financial collapse," it adds.

The FIR was registered on the basis of a complaint filed by businessman Phanindra Sarma.

Sarma said in his complaint that people are losing their hard-earned money by actively using these apps.

The complainant said he was also about to invest money in one such website but pulled himself back on being warned by his family.