The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued a summons to popular actor Mahesh Babu on April 28 as part of an investigation into alleged money laundering activities involving Sai Surya Developers and Surana Group. Mahesh Babu received \u20b95.9 crore for his endorsement of projects associated with these companies, with a substantial amount reportedly transferred in cash. The ED is scrutinizing the cash transactions, suspecting a connection to illicit funds acquired through fraudulent real estate schemes that may have misled unsuspecting investors. This development has raised concerns about the actor’s potential involvement in financial irregularities related to these real estate entities. The ED’s inquiry aims to uncover any illicit activities and money laundering practices that may have taken place within the realm of these real estate ventures. Stay tuned for further updates on this ongoing investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued a summons to popular actor Mahesh Babu on April 28 as part of an investigation into alleged money laundering activities involving Sai Surya Developers and Surana Group. Mahesh Babu received \u20b95.9 crore for his endorsement of projects associated with these companies, with a substantial amount reportedly transferred in cash. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":104441,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120498649imgsize-696134-28.jpg",1280,720,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120498649imgsize-696134-28-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120498649imgsize-696134-28-300x169.jpg",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120498649imgsize-696134-28-768x432.jpg",640,360,true],"large":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120498649imgsize-696134-28-1024x576.jpg",640,360,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120498649imgsize-696134-28.jpg",1280,720,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120498649imgsize-696134-28.jpg",1280,720,false]},"author_info":{"display_name":"","author_link":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/author\/"},"category_info":"JUST IN<\/a>","tag_info":"JUST IN","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104440"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}