Karnataka Congress MLA held With Rs 12 crore

and offline betting. Officials also recovered Rs12 crore in cash (including Rs 1 crore in foreign currency), gold jewellery worth Rs 6 crore, silver articles weighing about 10 kg, and several property-related documents.

In addition, 17 bank accounts and two lockers belonging to Veerendra were frozen, and four vehicles were seized, the ED said in a press

release. The ED carried out searches at 31 locations across the country The ED carried out searches on Friday and Saturday, including Gangtok, Chitradurga, Bengaluru, Hubballi, Jodhpur, Mumbai, and Goa. In Goa alone, the searches covered five casinos, Puppy’s Casino

Pride, Ocean 7 Casino, Big Daddy Casino, Puppy’s Casino Gold, and Ocean Rivers Casino.

The searches unearthed incriminating documents linked to the alleged betting operations run by Veerendra.

Veerendra was produced before the Judicial Magistrate in Gangtok, where the ED obtained a transit remand to

present him before the jurisdictional court in Bengaluru.

Veerendra represents the Chitradurga Assembly constituency of Karnataka. It may be recalled that on Friday

morning, a team of ED officials had conducted a search at Veerendra’s residence in Chitradurga. A member of the

MLA’s family confirmed the search and said they would cooperate with the investigation.

The agency said it has also frozen about 17 bank accounts and 2 lockers during the searches.