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Rapido Driver 331 Crore Bank Account- Enforcement Directorate officials are surprised to find crores of rupees in the bank account of an ordinary Rapido driver. The driver drives Rapido bike taxi and lives in a two-room house in Delhi.
New Delhi. Rs 331 crore has been found in the bank account of a driver associated with app-based bike-taxi service Rapido. This money has been deposited in the driver’s account in just eight months. The matter came to the notice of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) when Rs 1 crore was paid from this account for the expenses of a royal wedding held in Udaipur. When ED officials investigated, it was found that even the Rapido driver himself was not aware of this ‘crorepati’ account and he was barely able to run his household. ED officials believe that this is a ‘mule account’, which is being used to launder black money.
Officials say that the crores of rupees lying in this account may be part of transactions related to illegal online betting network 1xBet. In a PTI report quoting sources, it has been said that the ED came across this matter when it was investigating the money trail of transactions related to 1xBet. During investigation, continuous entry of suspicious money started appearing in the driver’s account.
Driver living in a two-room house
Acting on this, the ED raided the address recorded in the bank records, where the team came to know that the driver was living in a two-room house in an ordinary colony of Delhi. It was clear from his income and lifestyle that he was highly unlikely to be aware of these huge transactions.
Udaipur’s grand wedding expenses paid for
The investigation gained further depth when the ED discovered that more than Rs 1 crore of the amount deposited in the driver’s account was used to pay for a grand destination wedding at a five-star hotel in Udaipur. This marriage is reportedly being linked to a young politician from Gujarat, who may soon come under questioning. ED suspects that this marriage was done with ill-gotten money and the driver’s account was only used as a medium. During interrogation, the driver clarified that he had no knowledge of these transactions nor did he have any connection with the marriage or the families involved.
This account is mule account
Officials believe that this account has been used as a “mule account”. Mule account is a bank account which is either taken on rent or opened on the basis of fake/proxy documents so that illegal money can be repeatedly transferred to different accounts.
During initial investigation, ED found that most of the money deposited in the driver’s account came from multiple unknown sources and was immediately transferred to other suspicious accounts. At least one of these sources is directly linked to illegal online betting. The process of identifying other sources and ultimate beneficiaries is ongoing.
