The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested a Congress MLA from Karnataka. The agency also raided 30 properties and houses of KC Virendra in Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra and Rajasthan and seized crores of rupees as well as jewelery. It is alleged that the MLAs were running several online betting sites.
The ED said that the Bangalore team conducted a search operation against Chitradurga city MLA KC Virendra and others on Friday in 30 campuses, including six in Chitradurga district, 10 in Bengaluru, three in Jodhpur, one in Jodhpur, one in Hubli, two in Mumbai and eight in Goa.
Goa bases included five casinos – papies casino gold, Ocean reverse casino, papies casino pride, Ocean 7 casino and Big Daddy Casino. This search was taken in a case related to illegal online and offline betting.
Dubai also revealed a relationship
The ED said the investigation has revealed that the accused was running several online betting sites by names like King 567, Raja 567, Papies 003 and Ratna Gaming. In addition, the accused’s brother, KC Thippeswamy, is operating three business institutions from Dubai – Diamond Softc, TRS Technologies and Prime 9 Technologies – which is associated with KC Virendra’s call center service and gaming operations.
12 crore cash and jewelery seized
In the raid on the MLA’s house, 12 crore cash, about one crore foreign currency, gold jewelery worth Rs 6 crore, about 10 kg of silver goods and four vehicles were seized. Significantly, this action of ED has been taken a few days after the Parliament passed the online gaming bill.
