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The arrest was carried out beneath the provisions of the Prevention of Cash Laundering Act (PMLA).
As per the official assertion, Veerendra was apprehended in Gangtok, Sikkim, the place he had travelled along with his associates to discover the leasing of land for working a on line casino.
The Enforcement Directorate at the moment arrested KC Veerendra, Karnataka’s MLA from Chitradurga constituency, from Gangktok in reference to unlawful on-line and offline betting case and recovered quantity of roughly Rs 12 crore in money, together with roughly one crore in international… pic.twitter.com/HXpF1auWlD
— ANI (@ANI) August 23, 2025
Enforcement Directorate officers additionally recovered Rs 12 crore in money, together with a considerable amount of different valuables, from Veerendra’s residence in Karnataka.
The ED stated, “It was revealed that MLA Veerendra, alongside along with his associates, had travelled to Gangtok through Bagdogra on a enterprise go to to lease a land on line casino. Incriminating materials seized throughout search proceedings signifies a posh layering of money and different funds. To additional establish the Proceeds of Crime, Veerendra was arrested from Gangtok and produced earlier than the Judicial Justice of the Peace, Gangtok, Sikkim, and transit remand was obtained for producing him earlier than the jurisdictional Courtroom in Bengaluru.”
ED arrested KC Veerendra, Karnataka’s MLA from Chitradurga constituency, from Gangktok in reference to unlawful on-line and offline betting case and recovered quantity of roughly Rs 12 crore in money, together with roughly Rs 1 crore in international foreign money, gold jewelry… pic.twitter.com/BlHzQdStkd
— ANI (@ANI) August 23, 2025
“The arrest of MLA Veerendra follows raids at 31 places on August 22-23 08.2025 at 31 places throughout India together with Gangtok, Chitradurga District, Bengaluru Metropolis, Hubli, Jodhpur, Mumbai and Goa (together with 5 casinos viz. Pet’s On line casino Gold, Ocean Rivers On line casino, Pet’s On line casino Pleasure, Ocean 7 On line casino, Huge Daddy On line casino),” it stated.
The accused is working a number of on-line betting websites beneath the names King567 and Raja567, amongst others.
Furthermore, his brother Ok C Thippeswamy is working three enterprise entities from Dubai, viz. Diamond Softech, TRS Applied sciences, Prime9Technologies.
Additional, through the course of search proceedings, an quantity of roughly Rs 12 Crore in money, together with roughly 1 crore in international foreign money, gold jewelry value about Rs 6 crore, silver articles round 10 kilograms, together with 4 automobiles, had been seized beneath the Prevention of Cash Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, the ED said.
“Additional, 17 financial institution accounts and a couple of financial institution lockers had been additionally frozen. Many property-related paperwork had been additionally seized from the premises of MLA Veerendra’s brother, Ok. C. Nagaraj, and his son, Pruthvi N. Raj. A number of incriminating paperwork had been additionally seized from a number of premises, the ED said.
“His different associates, particularly brother Ok. C. Thippeswamy, and Pruthvi N Raj, are in dealing with operations of on-line gaming from Dubai,” the ED said.
(With inputs from companies)
