Enforcement Directorate arrests Karnataka Congress MLA Okay.C. Veerendra in unlawful betting case

Karnataka Congress MLA Okay.C. Veerendra ‘Puppy’ was arrested on Saturday (August 23, 2025) underneath the anti-money laundering regulation from Sikkim in an alleged unlawful on-line and offline betting case, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) stated.

The federal probe company additionally stated it seized ₹12 crore in money (together with about ₹1 crore in international foreign money), gold jewelry price ₹6 crore, silver about 10 kgs, together with 4 autos following raids carried out on Friday (August 22, 2025) in a number of states.

The company didn’t specify what was seized from the place.

It stated the 50-year-old MLA from Chitradurga was produced earlier than a delegated Justice of the Peace in Sikkim’s capital Gangtok on Friday (August 22, 2025) and a transit remand was obtained for producing him earlier than the jurisdictional court docket in Bengaluru.

The Bengaluru zone of the ED is investigating the case.

The legislator had gone to Gangtok alongside along with his associates on a enterprise go to to lease a on line casino, the company stated.

“Many property associated paperwork have been additionally seized from the premises of Veerendra’s brother Okay.C. Nagaraj and his son Pruthvi N Raj.

“His other associates like another brother K C Thippeswamy are handling operations of online gaming from Dubai,” the ED stated.