Bengaluru, Aug. 24 -- A local court today remanded Congress MLA KC Veerendra, popularly known as 'Puppy', to the custody of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) till August 28 in connection with a money laundering case linked to illegal betting.
According to officials, the 50-year-old legislator was flown in from Sikkim earlier in the morning. A special ED team took him into custody upon his arrival at Kempegowda International Airport, where strict security arrangements were made at Terminal 2 to avert any law-and-order issues.
The ED has alleged that Veerendra, his brother, and a network of associates were involved in large-scale online and offline betting operations that spanned multiple states. On Friday, the central agency carried out sim...