New Delhi, April 5 -- Polymarket, a popular prediction market page, has taken down a forum linked to the rescue mission of US servicemembers amid political backlash. Democratic Congressman Seth Moulton slammed the platform for hosting a page that let users bet money when the US would officially confirm the rescue of two airmen after an American F-15E jet was downed over Iran.

US and Iranian military forces are searching for a missing American airman after its F-15E fighter jet was shot down over Iran on Friday. One crew member has been rescued, but another is not accounted for.

In a post on X, Moulton described the page as 'disgusting'. "They could be your neighbor, a friend, a family member," Moulton wrote on Friday. "And people are be...