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Chitradurga Congress MLA Arrested at Gangtok, ED Seizes ₹12 Crore in Raid
The New Indian Express Anantapur
|August 24, 2025
CHITRADURGA Congress MLA KC Veerendra, who was raided by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for owning and operating online and offline betting companies and casinos, was arrested on Saturday at Gangtok in Sikkim and produced before the judicial magistrate there for a transit remand to be produced before a jurisdictional court in Bengaluru.
During ED raids on Friday and Saturday, ₹12 crore in cash, including ₹1 crore in foreign currency, gold jewellery worth over ₹6 crore, silver articles of 10 kg and four SUVs were seized under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. ED also froze 17 bank accounts and 2 bank lockers of Veerendra and his immediate family.
The ED Bengaluru zonal office conducted the searches at 31 locations across the country, including Gangtok, Challakere in Chitradurga district, Bengaluru, Hubballi, Jodhpur, Mumbai and Goa.
Five casinos -- Puppy's Casino Gold, Ocean Rivers Casino, Puppy's Casino Pride, Ocean 7 Casino and Big Daddy Casino -- were also raided.
This story is from the August 24, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Anantapur.
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