New Delhi, Aug. 23 -- The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) today arrested a Karnataka MLA under the provisions of PMLA in connection with an alleged illegal betting case (both online and offline), the agency said.
KC Veerendra was arrested from Gangtok, Sikkim, and was produced before the concerned magistrate where the agency officials obtained transit remand in view of producing him before the court in Bengaluru.
This arrest followed after searches conducted by the ED's Bengaluru Zonal Office on Friday and Saturday, at 31 locations across the country including Gangtok, Chitradurga District, Bangalore City, Hubli, Jodhpur, Mumbai and Goa (including at five casinos) in the case against Veerendra and other persons in the matter of alleged il...