New Delhi, Aug. 23 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday arrested Karnataka MLA from Chitradurga, KC Veerendra, in connection with a massive illegal online and offline betting racket.

Veerendra was arrested from Gangtok in Sikkim under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002 following a massive two-day nationwide search operation started on August 22.

The searches were conducted by the ED's Bengaluru zonal office on August 22 and 23 at 31 locations across India -- including Gangtok, Chitradurga district, Bengaluru, Hubli, Jodhpur, Mumbai and Goa. In Goa alone, raids covered five prominent casinos -- Puppy's Casino Gold, Ocean Rivers Casino, Puppy's Casino Pride, Ocean 7 Casino and Big Daddy Casino.

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