The 'Karthigai Deepam' festival is held every year on the full moon day of the month of Karthikai. The festival is dedicated to Lord Kartikeya. People light clay lamps and pray for their family's wealth
In the Mahadev betting app case, there are allegations of fraud of 15,000 crore rupees along with match-fixing, illegal hawala, and cryptocurrency transactions. The investigation of the case is now being done by the Crime Branch.
The First Information Report (FIR), filed at Matunga police station in the case of a Rs 15,000 crore fraud involving the Mahadev betting app, was transferred to the Mumbai crime branch on Wednesday.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday questioned Bhupesh Baghel over selecting the name of Mahadev for betting and compared Prime Minister Narendra Modi's approach of designating the country's successful lunar mission's landing site after Lord Shiv.
Mumbai Police have registered a case against 32 people including Director of Dabur, Gaurav Burman and company chairman Mohit Burman in connection with the Mahadev betting app under various sections of fraud and gambling.
Union Minister Anurag Thakur launched a scathing attack on Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and said that if people involved in the Delhi Liquor Scam couldn't escape, nobody involved in Mahadev App would be able to escape.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi raked up the issue of the Mahadev app 'scam' and asked the Congress to reveal how much money the Chief Minister got and how much of it was transferred to the party's high command.
Sparking controversy by calling Mahadev (Lord Shiva) the "God of Bhang" (cannabis), Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) MP Bikashranjan Bhattacharyya on Saturday said, "Due to such belief, how many people's families have been destroyed?"