FIR filed in Mahadev betting case, Dabur Group’s Burmans deny charges
The Burman family, which runs Dabur Group, has denied any involvement or role in an illegal cricket-betting app as alleged by the Mumbai police in a complaint filed last week.
The family said vested interests were behind the police complaint and they wanted to scuttle their (Dabur’s) move to acquire Religare Enterprises, a financial services company.
“We have not received any formal communication on any such FIR (first information report). However, we have seen the FIR, which is being circulated to media houses. The FIR is patently false and baseless. Nothing could be further from the truth than what has been wrongly stated in the FIR,” said a spokesperson for the family, referring to the police document.
According to the FIR, file...