DP Yadav, an Indian politician and former Cabinet Minister, has been discharged by the Delhi courts.
Yadav was accused of being involved with an online betting racket after the operation was raided in 2015, and one of the arrested suspects named Yadav as their employer.
During this raid, fourteen individuals were arrested and the equivalent of $159,000 in items and assets were seized.
Magistrate Chaurasia ruled that Yadav's name was likely used "to inculcate fear among rivals", as opposed to him being directly part of the group.
Yadav's legal team also argued that his call records alone could not be used to prove his guilt, as there were was a lack of witness testimony or other evidence to support this.
This, however, is far from Yadav's first brush with the law.
According to public sources, Yadav has been linked to multiple violent crimes, including multiple murders and kidnapping cases, supplying illicit liquor and violating the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Act.
In 2015, DP Yadav was convicted of killing a fellow politician and sentenced to life - however, the courts found there was no 'concrete evidence' against him, and thus acquitted him again in 2021.
In 2007, Yadav declared his family assets at Rs 26 crores, making it one of the richest families in the region at the time. However, his fortune beyond declared assets is publicly speculated to be well over Rs 500 crores
