New Delhi, 23 August: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Karnataka Congress MLA KC Veerendra ‘Puppy’ from Gangtok, Sikkim on Saturday under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act-2002 in the illegal online and offline betting case.
The ED said in a statement that after the arrest, KC Virendra was produced before the Judicial Magistrate of Gangtok and transit remand was obtained to present him in the court in Bengaluru.
According to the ED, after raids conducted in several states on Friday, Rs 12 crore in cash (including foreign currency of about one crore rupees), gold jewelry worth Rs 6 crore, about 10 kg silver and four vehicles were seized. The Bengaluru team had conducted searches on August 22 and 23 at 31 locations across the country, including Gangtok, Chitradurga district, Bengaluru city, Hubli, Jodhpur, Mumbai and Goa (including 5 casinos viz. Puppies Casino Gold, Ocean Rivers Casino, Puppies Casino Pride, Ocean 7 Casino, Big Daddy Casino) in a case against Chitradurga district MLA KC Veerendra and others in connection with illegal online and offline betting.