“Days after online gambling ban, ED arrests Congress MLA, seizes Rs 12 crore”, India Today, August 23, 2025:
“In a major crackdown on illegal betting operations following the government’s bill to ban online gaming, the Enforcement Directorate conducted extensive searches across 31 locations in Bharat on Friday and Saturday and arrested Congress MLA KC Veerendra today in connection with its ongoing probe into the alleged involvement of the Karnataka legislator and his associates in illegal online and offline betting.
During the searches, the ED seized approximately Rs 12 crore in cash, including Rs 1 crore in foreign currency, gold jewellery worth around Rs 6 crore, 10 kg of silver articles, and four high-end vehicles. The agency also froze 17 bank accounts and two bank lockers, while several property documents were recovered from the premises of Veerendra’s brother, KC Nagaraj, and his son, Pruthvi N Raj.
According to the federal agency, the searches revealed that the MLA from Chitradurga was running multiple betting platforms under names such as King567 and Raja567……”
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