KC Veerendra, Karnataka’s MLA from Chitradurga constituency, was arrested by the Enforcement Department (ED)  from Gangktok in connection with illegal online and offline betting case.

The ED recovered amount of approximately Rs 12 crore in cash, including approximately one crore in foreign currency, gold jewellery worth Rs 6 crore, silver articles around 10 kgs, along with four vehicles under PMLA, 2002.

As per reports, KC Veerendra’s brother is allegedly handle the operations from Dubai. The congress MLA was produced before the judicial magistrate in Gangtok.

The ED sleuths conducted searches at Goa Casinos-Puppy’s Casino Gold, Ocean Rivers Casino, Puppy’s Casino Pride, Ocean 7 Casino and Big Daddy Casino. These casinos have connection with the Congress MLA.