ED Gets 6-more Days Custody Extension of Congress MLA Arrested in Illegal Online and Offline Betting
The searches by ED sleuths yielded several incriminating documents over illegal online and offline betting, cash amount of about Rs 12 crore including Rs one crore in foreign currency, gold accessories worth Rs 6 crore and silver articles worth 10 kgs.
Bengaluru: Arrested Congress MLA K.C. Veerendra's Directorate of Enforcement (ED) custody was extended by 6-days by a Bengaluru Court on Thursday. Earlier, a Bengaluru Court remanded arrested Congress MLA to 5-day ED custody which ended on Thursday.
Veerendra, representing Chitradurga Assembly seat, was arrested by ED sleuths in Gangtok of Sikkim on last Saturday on charge of conducting money laundering through illegal online and offline betting. After his arrest in Gangtok, he was produced before the judicial magistrate in Gangtok and Veerendra was flown to Bengaluru on a transit remand.
Before he was arrested, ED officials conducted searches at multiple locations last Friday and Saturday in Gangtok, Bengaluru city, Hubballi, Goa, Jodhpur, Mumbai and Chitradurga.
The searches by ED sleuths yielded several incriminating documents over illegal online and offline betting, cash amount of about Rs 12 crore including Rs one crore in foreign currency, gold accessories worth Rs 6 crore and silver articles worth 10 kgs.
Besides, ED searches came across properties related documents as well. Four vehicles were seized while 17 bank accounts and two lockers were freezed. The searches by ED sleuths included 5-casinos in Goa namely Puppy’s Casino Gold, Ocean River Casino, Puppy’s Casino Pride, Ocean 7 Casino and Daddy Casino, all in Goa.
